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• catalog abstract "Mischievously composed, this groundbreaking work intends nothing short of a revolution in how we think about the "American" constitution and government. In A Country with No Name, Claire St. John, a stylish, mysterious, and peremptory young Englishwoman who is completing her university studies here, undertakes to spend two weeks tutoring a young American, Oliver Huggins, in American history. As the theme of her "tales," St. John asserts that the country has gone through its history without a name. For twelve afternoons she leads Huggins on, using colloquial language that is by turns satirical, bantering, and metaphorical. Structured with quizzes and unconventional vignettes about familiar personages, using speeches, songs, dramatizations, interior monologues, and time warps, the text weaves in and out of the no-namedness of our country. Startling observations emerge out of their dialogue. The original States and the Framers had irreconcilable difficulties in denoting the parties to the constitution and in naming the country to which they wished to fix allegiance. Because of these difficulties, the country we now call "America" was late in getting a name; indeed, it did not get a name until decades after the War of Secession, a century later than the drafting of the constitution that was supposed to have founded it. St. John's unique perspective raises questions about the legality of the constitution, the supreme law of the land, the prerogatives of the supreme court, oaths of office, and leadership claims of presidents, alerting us in the process to future possibilities, both good and bad.".
• catalog contributor b10143274.
• catalog coverage "United States Fiction.".
• catalog coverage "United States History Fiction.".
• catalog coverage "United States History Study and teaching Fiction.".
• catalog coverage "United States Study and teaching Fiction.".
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "Mischievously composed, this groundbreaking work intends nothing short of a revolution in how we think about the "American" constitution and government. In A Country with No Name, Claire St. John, a stylish, mysterious, and peremptory young Englishwoman who is completing her university studies here, undertakes to spend two weeks tutoring a young American, Oliver Huggins, in American history. As the theme of her "tales," St. John asserts that the country has gone through its history without a name. For twelve afternoons she leads Huggins on, using colloquial language that is by turns satirical, bantering, and metaphorical. Structured with quizzes and unconventional vignettes about familiar personages, using speeches, songs, dramatizations, interior monologues, and time warps, the text weaves in and out of the no-namedness of our country.".
• catalog description "Moctezuma welcomes his ancestors back to the Old Country -- Thomas Jefferson fools with a foolish king -- A country with no name -- George Washington to the rescue -- The countries that signed a contract to become a country -- We the people hand out oaths: you swear, he swears, we swear not -- John Marshall demonstrates the power of legal razzle-dazzle -- John Calhoun zeroes in on the fatal flaw and one million men fall -- Thoreau pits conscience against Constitution -- Lincoln wants a nation of blood brothers -- How high the tune: "The star-spangled banner" and other sounds and symbols -- How to get rid of a Constitution with out saying so or meaning to.".
• catalog description "Startling observations emerge out of their dialogue. The original States and the Framers had irreconcilable difficulties in denoting the parties to the constitution and in naming the country to which they wished to fix allegiance. Because of these difficulties, the country we now call "America" was late in getting a name; indeed, it did not get a name until decades after the War of Secession, a century later than the drafting of the constitution that was supposed to have founded it. St. John's unique perspective raises questions about the legality of the constitution, the supreme law of the land, the prerogatives of the supreme court, oaths of office, and leadership claims of presidents, alerting us in the process to future possibilities, both good and bad.".
• catalog extent "419 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Country with no name.".
• catalog identifier "0679419772".
• catalog isFormatOf "Country with no name.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
• catalog relation "Country with no name.".
• catalog spatial "United States Fiction.".
• catalog spatial "United States History Fiction.".
• catalog spatial "United States History Study and teaching Fiction.".
• catalog spatial "United States Study and teaching Fiction.".
• catalog subject "813/.54 20".
• catalog subject "PS3554.E4227 C68 1997".
• catalog subject "Tutors and tutoring Fiction.".
• catalog subject "United States. Constitution Fiction.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Moctezuma welcomes his ancestors back to the Old Country -- Thomas Jefferson fools with a foolish king -- A country with no name -- George Washington to the rescue -- The countries that signed a contract to become a country -- We the people hand out oaths: you swear, he swears, we swear not -- John Marshall demonstrates the power of legal razzle-dazzle -- John Calhoun zeroes in on the fatal flaw and one million men fall -- Thoreau pits conscience against Constitution -- Lincoln wants a nation of blood brothers -- How high the tune: "The star-spangled banner" and other sounds and symbols -- How to get rid of a Constitution with out saying so or meaning to.".
• catalog title "A country with no name : tales from the Constitution / Sebastian de Grazia.".
• catalog type "Alternative histories (Fiction) gsafd".
• catalog type "Alternative histories. gsafd".
• catalog type "Fiction. fast".
• catalog type "text".