Inventing American Tradition by Jack David Eller

Inventing American Tradition by Jack David Eller

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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
Titre Inventing American Tradition
Auteur Jack David Eller
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Type de reliure Hardback
Éditeur Reaktion Books
Année de publication 2018-08-13
Nombre de pages 304
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