Jeremy Belknap and the Origins of American Exceptionalism

This paper analyses the commercial and institutional context in which Jeremy Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791-1792. It reads his “Four Dissertations” of 1792 as a series of methodological and theoretical arguments in favor of the unique chronology and thematic content of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agnès Delahaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2020-02-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/13032