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Representations and Uses of the American Revolution in Past and Present

Volker Depkat, Karsten Fitz, Susanne Lachenicht (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VI, 331 Seiten

2025
Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg
978-3-8253-9623-7 (ISBN)

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Undoubtedly, the American Revolution is the founding moment of the United States of America. However, it also had major repercussions outside the U.S., as an inspiration for independence and social movements, for state- and nation-building. The contributions in this anthology draw from research in history, history of law, political science, art history, literary and cultural studies to assess the representations and uses of the American Revolution across the last 250 years. The first of four thematic trajectories explores the historiographical narratives produced within and outside the borders of the U.S. The second deals with political and constitutional narratives on the American Revolution and how they were used during the Italian Risorgimento, the 'Vormärz' or the Revolution of 1848. The third trajectory is about the rejection of the American Revolution, about loyalists and conservatives in Europe and the Atlantic World. The fourth axis focuses on the relationship between visual/stage representations and cultural/historical memory. All contributions show how actors remember and as such construct the American Revolution by means of visual, textual, performative, and musical representations and how they connect their representations of this past event to their present-day collective experiences, claims and actions.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	Publications of the Bavarian American Academy ; 25
Zusatzinfo	31 Abbildungen
Verlagsort	Heidelberg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	683 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
Schlagworte	18. Jahrhundert • 19. Jahrhundert • 20. Jahrhundert • 21. Jahrhundert • Amerikanische Literatur • Amerikanische Revolution • Französische Literatur • Geschichte • Geschichtsschreibung • Gesellschaft • Jamaika • Musical • Paine, Thomas • Politik • Republikanismus • Revolution • Risorgimento • Theater • Unabhängigkeit • Ungarische Literatur • U.S.A. • Visual Culture Studies
ISBN-10	3-8253-9623-1 / 3825396231
ISBN-13	978-3-8253-9623-7 / 9783825396237
Zustand	Neuware