The Resource A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States, Jill Lepore
A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States, Jill Lepore
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The item A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States, Jill Lepore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
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- A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs
- "What ties Americans to one another? Not race, religion, or ethnicity. At the nation's founding, some commentators wondered whether adopting a common tongue might help bind the newly United States together. "A national language is a national tie," Noah Webster argued in 1786, "and what country wants it more than America?"" "In the century following the drafting of the Constitution, Americans from Noah Webster to Samuel F. B. Morse tried to use letters and other characters - alphabets, syllabaries, signs, and codes - to strengthen the new American nation, to string it together with chains of letters and cables of wire. Webster published a spelling book, hoping to teach Americans to speak and spell alike; Morse devised a dot-and-dash alphabet to link the country by telegraph." "Meanwhile, other Americans used these same tools to connect the new republic to the larger world. Caribbean-born William Thornton devised a "universal alphabet," dreaming of making "the world seem more nearly allied." Hartford minister Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet preached that the sign language of the deaf was a divinely inspired "natural language" that could help usher in the new millennium. And elocution professor Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by his father's universal alphabet, known as Visible Speech, to invent the telephone."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Contents
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- Likeness
- Cobwebs: American language
- Universal alphabet
- Heathens: National alphabet
- Natural language
- Strange characters
- Wires: Universal communication
- Visible speech
- Epilogue: Men of progress
- Isbn
- 9780375404498
- Label
- A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States
- Title
- A is for American
- Title remainder
- letters and other characters in the newly United States
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Lepore
- Subject
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- English language -- 18th century
- English language -- 18th century -- History
- English language -- 19th century
- English language -- Social aspects -- United States
- English language -- United States -- History
- English language -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- English language -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- History
- National characteristics, American -- History
- Americanisms -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs
- "What ties Americans to one another? Not race, religion, or ethnicity. At the nation's founding, some commentators wondered whether adopting a common tongue might help bind the newly United States together. "A national language is a national tie," Noah Webster argued in 1786, "and what country wants it more than America?"" "In the century following the drafting of the Constitution, Americans from Noah Webster to Samuel F. B. Morse tried to use letters and other characters - alphabets, syllabaries, signs, and codes - to strengthen the new American nation, to string it together with chains of letters and cables of wire. Webster published a spelling book, hoping to teach Americans to speak and spell alike; Morse devised a dot-and-dash alphabet to link the country by telegraph." "Meanwhile, other Americans used these same tools to connect the new republic to the larger world. Caribbean-born William Thornton devised a "universal alphabet," dreaming of making "the world seem more nearly allied." Hartford minister Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet preached that the sign language of the deaf was a divinely inspired "natural language" that could help usher in the new millennium. And elocution professor Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by his father's universal alphabet, known as Visible Speech, to invent the telephone."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lepore, Jill
- Dewey number
- 306.44/973/09033
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE2809
- LC item number
- .L46 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English language
- English language
- National characteristics, American
- English language
- English language
- Americanisms
- English language
- English language
- English language
- Label
- A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States, Jill Lepore
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Likeness -- Cobwebs: American language -- Universal alphabet -- Heathens: National alphabet -- Natural language -- Strange characters -- Wires: Universal communication -- Visible speech -- Epilogue: Men of progress
- Control code
- 47049886
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375404498
- Lccn
- 2001038057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States, Jill Lepore
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Likeness -- Cobwebs: American language -- Universal alphabet -- Heathens: National alphabet -- Natural language -- Strange characters -- Wires: Universal communication -- Visible speech -- Epilogue: Men of progress
- Control code
- 47049886
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375404498
- Lccn
- 2001038057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- English language -- 18th century
- English language -- 18th century -- History
- English language -- 19th century
- English language -- Social aspects -- United States
- English language -- United States -- History
- English language -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- English language -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- History
- National characteristics, American -- History
- Americanisms -- History
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