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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... political lesson . Baldwin provides ample opportunity for the reader to seek comparisons between the world of these historical documents and their own modern situation . . . . The American Revelation is an invitation to think - about ...
... political life , " he recalled from the Oval Office in a valedictory speech televised just after nine o'clock in the evening . " In my mind it was a tall , proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans , windswept , God - blessed , and ...
... Political Reform , " appealed to every thoughtful American to do well by doing good : " The sphere of morals , " she wrote , " is the sphere of action . " Three generations of a Jewish immigrant family living in a brownstone tenement in ...
... political engagement was a calling equal to ascending to the Christian pulpit . His aspirations as a soldier of the court were to protect the " weale publick , " and as a soldier of the Lord to " advance the gospell . " This faith in ...
... Politics was subservient to religion . The requirement that a magistrate answer to God made him more humble toward the constituency he served . His actions emanated from the sheer will to believe in the ideal " love that flows from ...
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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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