The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold WarSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1 apr 2007 - 272 pagina's Neil Baldwin, one of the most exciting intellectual historians, has written extensively about the great thinkers and innovators who have shaped our unique American identity. In THE AMERICAN REVELATION, he turns his energies to the unfolding story of how the American spirit developed over 400 years. |
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... City Paper " The American Revelation sets itself an enormous task ... defining ten ideals that describe an essential American character .... Though Mr. Baldwin does not say it in so many words , his book implies to me that in our most ...
... emotion , by principles and laws , by ideals of freedom and justice that need constant articulation . -Editorial , " America Enduring , " The New York Times , September 11 , 2002 Introduction Contents 1. CITY ON A HILL 2. COMMON SENSE.
... CITY ON A HILL 2. COMMON SENSE John Winthrop , 1630 Thomas Paine , 1776 7 23 3. E PLURIBUS UNUM Pierre Eugène Du Simitière , 1776 4. SELF - RELIANCE Ralph Waldo Emerson , 1841 5. MANIFEST DESTINY John L. O'Sullivan , 1845 6. PROGRESS ...
... city on a hill . " " President Reagan was indeed fond of that popular image , which he used in his January 11 , 1989 , farewell address to the nation . But he did not cre- ate the concept . The English Puritan leader John Winthrop ...
... city that is set upon a hill cannot be hid . " President Reagan , like Winthrop before him , saw America as above all else a moral exemplar . " I've spoken of that shining city all my political life , " he recalled from the Oval Office ...
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E PLURIBUS UNUM Pierre Eugène Du Simitière 1776 | 43 |
SELFRELIANCE Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 | 61 |
MANIFEST DESTINY John L OSullivan 1845 286 | 79 |
PROGRESS AND POVERTY Henry George 1879 | 99 |
THE SPHERE OF ACTION Jane Addams 1902 | 121 |
THE MELTINGPOT Israel Zangwill 1908 | 143 |
THE NEGRO IN OUR HISTORY | 163 |
THE MARSHALL PLAN George C Marshall 1947 | 183 |
A Sense of History | 205 |
Bibliography | 235 |
Illustration Acknowledgments and Permissions | 255 |
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