Only Dead Metaphors Can Be Resurrected: A Review of Jill Lepore’s These Truths
Traditionally, U.S. history textbooks announce a civic function when aimed at U.S. readers: they exist to read America into the future, to imply a futurity for the American “experiment.” But present-day political breakdown has presented deep challenges for the familiar national narrative. Jill Lepor...
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European Association for American Studies
2020-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/16087 |