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We the People? : the United States and the question of rights
- Title
- We the People? : the United States and the question of rights / edited by Irina Brittner, Sabine N. Meyer, Peter Schneck.
- Publication
- Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- xix, 312 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The foundational vision of the U.S. polity as a ?political edifice of liberty and equal rights? (Abraham Lincoln) has held immense symbolic power and bred both aspirations and discontent. It has served as the source for various interconnected, yet often also conflicting, narratives and discourses through which the question of human and civil rights in the U.S. has been constantly debated and re-negotiated.0This volume investigates the U.S.-American culture of rights as it has evolved and continues to evolve throughout U.S. (legal) history as well as in U.S. literature and in popular culture. It demonstrates that the question of rights has been posed differently by members of the various groups and cultures that have historically constituted the United States, and that the answers to these questions changed significantly over time
- Series Statement
- American studies, 0178-1987 ; volume 309
- Uniform Title
- American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 309.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references
- Call Number
- JFD 21-38
- ISBN
- 9783825347628
- 3825347621
- LCCN
- 9783825347628
- OCLC
- 1199945394
- Title
- We the People? : the United States and the question of rights / edited by Irina Brittner, Sabine N. Meyer, Peter Schneck.
- Publisher
- Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- American studies, 0178-1987 ; volume 309American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 309.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references
- Added Author
- Brittner, Irina, editor.Meyer, Sabine N., 1979-Schneck, Peter, 1943-
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783825347628
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-38