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Book SynopsisWhat exactly does it mean to be North American? The Labyrinth of North American Identities is a long essay that attempts to learn more about North America as a unit and its individual countries by exploring the idea of a shared North American identity.
Trade ReviewResnick has offered an insightful little work that will doubtless prompt much debate. There is much that unites-and entangles-these three countries, and in helping readers through the resulting labyrinth, Resnick is an able guide. -- American Review of Canadian Studies
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs 2. Chosen Peoples 3. Trajectories to Independence 4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire" 5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent 6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism 7. Democracy and Its Discontents 8. The Protean State 9. New World Utopias and Dystopias 10. An Archipelago of Regions 11. A North American Civilization? 12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth Bibliography Index
