DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Plymouth Colony, Eurocentrism, American Literature
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A joint, interdisciplinary academic endeavor to gain systematic knowledge about american society and culture in order to understand the historical and present-day meaning and significance of the. With regard to space: geographic site. (hemispherical reference point, a political designation, a shorthand for the jurisdiction of the united states of. America. (official state: a symbol, a social construction that people associate with a geopolitical terrain. (cf. Historical and cultural dominance of the english language, no official language in the usa. However, multilingualism very present: historically- immigration always present, global, presently- spanish more importanz (ca. Regional geographical differences and the resulting climate are the starting points and general conditions for historical, social, political, economic and cultural developments and peculiarities. Creates natural, culturally constructed and ideological spaces which can be studied: major mountain ranges (appalachians and rockies), major topographical regions (coastal plains, appalachian mountains, interior plains, rocky.
