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Lessons in geography: Maps, spellers, and other grammars of nationalism in the early republic.

Authors :
Bruckner, Martin
Source :
American Quarterly. Jun99, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p311. 33p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 3 Maps.
Publication Year :
1999

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.

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