Paul, Heike. <br/><br/>
The myths that made America :  an introduction to American studies / 
Heike Paul. 
 - Bielefeld :  Transcript,  2014. 
 - 450 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Serie American studies (Transcript (Firm));  vol. 1 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Christopher Columbus and the myth of 'discovery' --  Pocahontas and the myth of Transatlantic love --  Pilgrims and Puritans and the myth of the promised land --  American independence and the myth of the founding fathers --  E pluribus unum? The myth of the melting pot --  Agrarianism, expansionism, and the myth of the American West --  Expressive individualism and the myth of the self-made man --  Twenty-five more study questions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783837614855 978383914859 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Collective memory--United States.<br/>Características nacionales--América.<br/>Memoria colectiva--estados Unidos.<br/>20151200
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Intellectual life.<br/>Estados Unidos--Vida intelectual.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 169.1  / P324m 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973