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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... called " A Year On " caught my eye . A " special report " on the gargan- tuan struggles facing America twelve months after the cataclysm of 9/11 , the piece endeavored to capture the powerful national theme " of America as a place apart ...
... called Charlestown . By the end of the first year of the Great Migration to America , seventeen ships delivered to these shores more than one thou- sand English Protestants , called Puritans because they were determined to reform and ...
... called the " essentiall wisdome . " 7 In 1610 , at the age of twenty - two , Winthrop purchased the family prop- erty at Groton from his uncle . Following his father's path into the legal pro- fession , Winthrop conducted court sessions ...
... called the proposal in progress " Argu- ments and Generall Considerations for the Plantation of New England " and at another , more personally , " Perticular Considerations in the Case of J.W. " " Why should any of us go ? " melded with ...
... called " God's Promise to His Plantations , " Cotton's sermon was pub- lished in London soon after its delivery under the more explicit title , The Divine Right to Occupy the Land . Cotton chose the primary text for the day's lesson ...
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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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