Jeremy Belknap and the Origins of American Exceptionalism
This paper analyses the commercial and institutional context in which Jeremy Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791-1792. It reads his “Four Dissertations” of 1792 as a series of methodological and theoretical arguments in favor of the unique chronology and thematic content of...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/13032 |