Jeremy Belknap and the Origins of American Exceptionalism

This paper analyses the commercial and institutional context in which Jeremy Belknap founded the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1791-1792. It reads his “Four Dissertations” of 1792 as a series of methodological and theoretical arguments in favor of the unique chronology and thematic content of...

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Main Author: Agnès Delahaye
Format: article
Language:EN
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Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/eb771128c13d45eca61e60b30a467bc3
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