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Deforming American political thought : ethnicity, facticity, and genre / Michael J. Shapiro.

Title
Deforming American political thought : ethnicity, facticity, and genre / Michael J. Shapiro.
Author
Shapiro, Michael J.
Publication
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2006.

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Description
xxii, 245 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro offers a multifaceted argument that transcends the myopic scope of traditional political discourse."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Political science > United States > History
  • Ethnicity > United States
  • Ethnocentrism > United States
  • Political culture > United States > History
  • Arts > Political aspects > United States
  • United States > Politics and government > Philosophy
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-232) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Securing the American ethnoscape -- The micropolitics of crime -- Deforming America's western imaginary -- Constructing America -- Composing America -- Democracy's risky businesses.
ISBN
  • 9780813124124 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813124123 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006012956
OCLC
  • 67383954
  • SCSB-10366725
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library