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People of paradox; an inquiry concerning the origins of American civilization

✍ Scribed by Kammen, Michael G

Book ID
110204881
Publisher
New York, Vintage Books
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394719337

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✦ Synopsis

xvii, 316, xii pages 19 cm;Reprint of the 1st ed. published by Knopf, New York;Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316);1. The unrecorded hum of implication : The old world and the new, Pari Passu ; The quest for legitimacy in colonial America ; Invertebrate America: the problem of unstable pluralism ; Epilogism: some interconnections -- 2. A strange hybrid, indeed : Biformity: a frame of reference ; Conflict, crisis, and change: the context of English colonization ; Contradictory tendencies in colonial America ; Epilogism: some comparisons -- 3. The implications of biformity : Ambiguities of the American Revolution ; Encrustations of space and time, circa 1825-1925 ; The contrapuntal civilization

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