Loren Ghiglione - Genus Americanus: Hitting the Road in Search of America’s Identity

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2020 by Loren Ghiglioni, Alyssa Karas, and Dan Tham
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ghiglione, Loren, author. | Karas, Alyssa, author. | Tham, Dan, author. Title: Genus Americanus : hitting the road in search of Americas identity / Loren Ghiglione with Alyssa Karas and Dan Tham.

Description: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020022375 | ISBN 9780820358000 (hardback) | ISBN 9780820358017 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Ghiglione, LorenTravel. | United StatesDescription and travel21st century. | United StatesPolitics and government21st century. | National characteristics, AmericanHistory21st century. | MulticulturalismUnited StatesHistory21st century. | Cultural pluralismUnited StatesHistory21st century. | Group identityUnited StatesHistory21st century. | EthnicityUnited StatesHistory21st century.

Classification: LCC E161.5 .G45 2020 | DDC 917.30493dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022375