Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century

by Joseph A. Conforti

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Say "New England" and you likely conjure up an image in the mind of your listener: the snowy woods or stone wall of a Robert Frost poem, perhaps, or that quintessential icon of the region--the idyllic white village. Such images remind us that, as Joseph Conforti notes, a region is not just a territory on the ground. It is also a place in the imagination. This ambitious work investigates New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807826251

ISBN13:9780807826256

Release Date:October 2001

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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