The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity

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The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity is a historical study that examines how narratives of King Philip’s War shaped early American identity, memory, and culture.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
academicDiscipline American studies ⓘ
Native American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
approach cultural history ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
literary analysis of historical texts ⓘ
author Jill Lepore ⓘ
award Bancroft Prize ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines how colonists wrote about Native Americans ⓘ
how narratives of King Philip’s War shaped American identity ⓘ
the cultural consequences of war ⓘ
the politics of naming and representation ⓘ
focusesOnEvent King Philip’s War ⓘ
linked to: King Philip's War
focusesOnGroup Algonquian-speaking Native Americans ⓘ
English colonists in New England ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
focusesOnPerson Metacom ⓘ
genre early American history ⓘ
war and society studies ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers interested in American history ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on language, storytelling, and memory in war ⓘ
linking King Philip’s War to the formation of American identity ⓘ
publicationYear 1998 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

New England ⓘ
subject American identity ⓘ
King Philip’s War ⓘ
linked to: King Philip's War

Native American history ⓘ
Puritan New England ⓘ
colonial New England ⓘ
historical memory ⓘ
theme colonial violence ⓘ
construction of national identity ⓘ
language and narrative ⓘ
memory and forgetting ⓘ
race and ethnicity in early America ⓘ
representation of Native Americans ⓘ
violence and warfare ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1675–1676 ⓘ
17th century ⓘ

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