Inventing American Tradition
Inventing American Tradition
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What really happened on the first Thanksgiving? How did a British drinking song become the national anthem of the United States? And what makes Superman so darned American? Inventing American Tradition explores a wide range of beloved traditions and looks at the people who conceived of and adapted them into the forms familiar to today.
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Inventing American Tradition by Jack David Eller
What really happened on the first Thanksgiving? How did a British drinking song become the national anthem of the United States? And what makes Superman so darned American? Inventing American Tradition explores a wide range of beloved traditions and looks at the people who conceived of and adapted them into the forms familiar to today.
Jack David Eller is a former Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Community College of Denver. He is the author of numerous books, including Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives (2016), Culture and Diversity in the United States (2015) and Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence across Culture and History (2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780239866 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780239866 |
| Title | Inventing American Tradition |
| Author | Jack David Eller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2018-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |