Is There a Place for the Nation in Modern American History?
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Document Type
Lecture
Series/Event
History Department Colloquium
Abstract
The beginning of History as a professional discipline was bound up with the development of the nation-state. But today, we live in a very different intellectual climate. In contemporary American historiography, the nation is often absent, replaced by trans-national processes, borderlands, de-centered narratives, and various expressions of otherness. Using the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s as a case study, Dr. LaGrand will argue that nation, nationalism, and national identity played a significant role in the thinking and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., and will help us to make sense of him and his legacy.
Publication Date
3-14-2012
Recommended Citation
LaGrand, James, "Is There a Place for the Nation in Modern American History?" (2012). University Events. 442.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/hh_av_university_events/442