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Lessons in geography: Maps, spellers, and other grammars of nationalism in the early republic.
- Source :
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American Quarterly . Jun99, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p311. 33p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 3 Maps. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Attempts to examine institutional and material origins of a geographic culture of letters, and the ways in which individual citizens came to visualize regional communities within a figurative nation and themselves as national characters. Idea of a nation as a cultural artifact; Invention of nationalism by printed geographical materials; Demand for geographic tests.
- Subjects :
- *GEOGRAPHY
*NATIONALISM
*PHYSICAL geography
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00030678
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2269406
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/aq.1999.0022