Narrative Flashcards
1
Q
Stephenson 1996
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- C19th America believed it was their destiny to expand
- wanted to close the gap
- believed that they were chosen by God
- became their meta narrative
2
Q
John Winthrop 1630
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- ‘The New Jerusalem’ divine metaphor centred through narrative
- America would be different
- City on the Hill (Washington)
3
Q
La Feber 1963
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- US began to look past its own borders
- Hawaii 1893
- Philippines 1899
- Continuing the frontier and US exceptionalism
4
Q
Beebe 1999
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- Post war American culture tying to make sense of itself again
- Nixon and Apollo 2 praising it as Americas victory
Manifest destiny and us exceptionalism
5
Q
Thomas Paine 1776
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again
6
Q
John Gast 1872
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American progress
Embodiment of America spiritually moving west
Brining progress agriculture and railways
Manifest destiny
7
Q
Frank Turner 1920
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- frontier thesis
American frontier was closing, what next?
