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- catalog abstract ""Fictions of U.S. History offers a new definition of the term "fictions." A fiction is not merely the imaginative literature we treasure in works of novelists, dramatists, and poets. It is that. But it is much more. A fiction is a powerful, driving idea that enters the life an individual lives, the course a whole society travels, and the stories historians tell about the long stretches of the human past. In many dimensions, fictions affect every person on planet Earth. We all live lives based on fictions." "This book expands that definition; then it presents illustrations that demonstrate how dominant fictions of a given time emerge and are entrenched, and how historical actors have come to accept or reject these fictions given their personal experiences. The first illustration concerns "the grandest fiction," the patriarchal system, its origins, effects, and future. The second addresses the fictions that dominated stories historians told about the Reconstruction after the American Civil War. The third centers upon the emergence and demise of Mormon polygamy as a fiction in the nineteenth century. The fourth and last illustration considers the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, tracing her life and the fictions that empowered her living."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12460306.
- catalog coverage "United States Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Philosophy.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Fictions of U.S. History offers a new definition of the term "fictions." A fiction is not merely the imaginative literature we treasure in works of novelists, dramatists, and poets. It is that. But it is much more. A fiction is a powerful, driving idea that enters the life an individual lives, the course a whole society travels, and the stories historians tell about the long stretches of the human past. In many dimensions, fictions affect every person on planet Earth. We all live lives based on fictions."".
- catalog description ""This book expands that definition; then it presents illustrations that demonstrate how dominant fictions of a given time emerge and are entrenched, and how historical actors have come to accept or reject these fictions given their personal experiences. The first illustration concerns "the grandest fiction," the patriarchal system, its origins, effects, and future. The second addresses the fictions that dominated stories historians told about the Reconstruction after the American Civil War. The third centers upon the emergence and demise of Mormon polygamy as a fiction in the nineteenth century. The fourth and last illustration considers the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, tracing her life and the fictions that empowered her living."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Fictions and the missions of history: our fictions, our missions, our selves -- The grandest fiction -- The scramble after the Civil War -- From Mormon polygamy to American monogamy: shifting fictions in the life of a society -- Eleanor Roosevelt: changing fictions in the life of an individual.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fictions of U.S. history.".
- catalog identifier "0253340764 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fictions of U.S. history.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Fictions of U.S. history.".
- catalog spatial "United States Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973/.01 21".
- catalog subject "E175 .K45 2002".
- catalog subject "Fictions, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Ideology Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Patriarchy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Fictions and the missions of history: our fictions, our missions, our selves -- The grandest fiction -- The scramble after the Civil War -- From Mormon polygamy to American monogamy: shifting fictions in the life of a society -- Eleanor Roosevelt: changing fictions in the life of an individual.".
- catalog title "Fictions of U.S. history : a theory and four illustrations / Frances Richardson Keller.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".