It’s often forgotten that New England, not the South, was the first part of the country to flirt with breaking away. As the War of 1812 dragged on, the northeast region—battered by successive ...

Introduction: "What, then, is the American, this new man?" -- Section 1. The new American-as-republican citizen -- Prologue 1: The drums of war/the thrust of empire -- Fusions and confusions -- ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Montgomery Bell Academy Academic Dean and History Teacher Tim Boyd provides an introduction to his lecture about food and national identity in ...

Representations of Identity and the American Dream illustrates notions of American national identity in light of racial and cultural identities. During the 2016 election, both Democrats and ...

Almost all human beings have one or more social group identities. Probably the oldest social group identity we humans had was our tribal group. These groups lasted for many centuries, but eventually ...

Books can change the way we think and can influence events long after they were written. The Library of Congress exhibit "Books That Shaped... How Books Shaped The American National Identity Books can ...

Proponents of keeping the statue of Christopher Columbus see the monument in terms of honoring Italian American heritage. But it has much greater significance than that. It honors the beginnings of ...