Introduction
It is often said that Americans have little sense of history. Like most generalizations, this is a distortion, but it is probably true that space more than time has determined what it means to be American. Upon their discovery of the Americas, Europeans began not only to revise the cartography of t...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Anglophonia Caliban/Sigma
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | It is often said that Americans have little sense of history. Like most generalizations, this is a distortion, but it is probably true that space more than time has determined what it means to be American. Upon their discovery of the Americas, Europeans began not only to revise the cartography of their global maps but also to take possession both physically and mentally of a vast new space. For Native Americans, of course, the conquest meant displacement or even eradication. American culture... |
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