An independent state encircled in the American Union. Ambition et ambiguïté du Kentucky post-révolutionnaire
This paper analyses the early history of Kentucky as well as the language of the first systematically written history of the state (1812) in the context of nation-building. At the outcome of the Revolutionary War, the Transappalachian West did not belong securely to the United States. Its integratio...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Français |
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2022
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This paper analyses the early history of Kentucky as well as the language of the first systematically written history of the state (1812) in the context of nation-building. At the outcome of the Revolutionary War, the Transappalachian West did not belong securely to the United States. Its integration was threatened by separatist sentiment and conspiracies. In dealing with these problems, the Federalist historian Humphrey Marshall participated in constructing early U.S. nationalism. |
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