Analysis Of Eve Kornfeld s Creating An American Culture...

History is the framework of every nation. It describes what life was like in a nation, hundreds perhaps thousands of years previously. With history, many citizens are able to examine what lead to a crisis in a nation such as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Civil War in the 1800s in the United States of America. Likewise, the moments of growth and economic success are looked at. From these past endeavors, the people can examine what went wrong and what went right and determine how they can stop themselves from making similar mistakes or act in a way that has been proven to work. In Eve Kornfeld’s â€Å"Creating an American Culture 1775-1800,† many different areas of national identity are discussed, including the beginnings of documenting the history of America as an independent nation. This was especially hard for Americans to create a singular national identity because there was bias in the early works, the different colonies or states were extremely diverse , and many intellectuals had different perspectives on the American identity. At the beginning of the historical documentation of America, many individuals were amateurs and/or biased towards their native state. There were different sides as to what the American Revolution was about so, â€Å"If they wished to preserve their image unsullied by European incursions, Americans would have to develop their own narratives of nationhood† (Kornfeld, 40). This brought a movement of amateur writers creating historical