The Battle over America's Origin Story : Legends, Amateurs, and Professional Historiographers /

This book examines the legends of who 'really' discovered America. It argues that histories of America's origins were always based less on empirical evidence and more on social, political, and cultural wish fulfillment. Influenced by a complex interplay of Nativist hatred of immigrant...

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Main Author:	Regal, Brian (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:	America-History. Historiography. History-Methodology. International relations-History. Civilization-History. History of the Americas. Historiography and Method. Diplomatic and International History. Cultural History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book