Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-twentieth Century by Joseph Conforti
English | 31 Oct. 2001 | ISBN: 0807826251 | 400 Pages | PDF | 5.33 MB
New England as a cultural invention; Say "New England" and you likely conjure up an image in the mind of your listener: the snowy woods or stone wall of a Robert Frost poem, perhaps, or that quintessential icon of the region - the idyllic white village. Such images remind us that, as Joseph Conforti notes, a region is not just a territory on the ground. It is also a place in the imagination.