TY - BOOK AU - Paul,Heike TI - The myths that made America: an introduction to American studies SN - 9783837614855 AV - 002 E 169.1 P324m 2014 U1 - 973 PY - 2014/// CY - Bielefeld PB - Transcript KW - National characteristics, American KW - Collective memory KW - United States KW - Características nacionales KW - América KW - Memoria colectiva KW - estados Unidos KW - 20151200 KW - Intellectual life KW - Estados Unidos KW - Vida intelectual N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 ER -