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Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation
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Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation Paperback - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Kariann Akemi Yokota


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What can homespun cloth, stuffed birds, quince jelly, and ginseng reveal about the formation of early American national identity? In this wide-ranging and bold new interpretation of American history and its Founding Fathers, Kariann Akemi Yokota shows that political independence from Britain fueled anxieties among the Americans about their cultural inferiority and continuing dependence on the mother country. Caught between their desire to emulate the mother country and an awareness that they lived an ocean away on the periphery of the known world, they went to great lengths to convince themselves and others of their refinement. Taking a transnational approach to American history, Yokota examines a wealth of evidence from geography, the decorative arts, intellectual history, science, and technology to underscore that the process of "unbecoming British" was not an easy one. Indeed, the new nation struggled to define itself economically, politically, and culturally in what could be
called America's postcolonial period. Out of this confusion of hope and exploitation, insecurity and vision, a uniquely American identity emerged.

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  • Title Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation
  • Author Kariann Akemi Yokota
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
  • Date 2014-12-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780190217877 / 0190217871
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.339

About the author


Kariann Akemi Yokota is Associate Professor of History at University of Colorado Denver.
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