The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900: Private Institutions, Elites, and the Origins of American Naprivate Institutions, Elites, and the Ori

by Peter Dobkin Hall and Peter Hall

Book Overview

Nationality, argues Peter Hall, did not follow directly from the colonists' declaration of independence from England, nor from the political union of the states under the Constitution of 1789. It was, rather, the product of organizations which socialized individuals to a national outlook.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814734154
• ISBN13: 9780814734155
• Release Date: April 1982
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.