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IMAGINING NEW ENGLAND, Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century By: Joseph A. Conforti

IMAGINING NEW ENGLAND, Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century
IMAGINING NEW ENGLAND, Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Item# paperback, ISBN 0-8078-4937-5
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This ambitious work investigates New Englang as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing identity across more than three centuries. Incorporating insights from history, literature, art, material culture, and geography, it shows how succeeding generations of New Englanders created and broadcast a powerful collective identity for their region through narratives about its past. paper, 2001, 384 pages.