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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... summer of 1776 , Du Simitière was asked to serve as consultant to the Great Seal Committee of the Second Continental Congress . He la- bored closely with Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , and Thomas Jefferson to create an enduring coat ...
... summer they moved up Mystic River to build a church at a new village later 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 ...
... summer of 1629 , Winthrop departed the Temple and Lon- don for the quiet countryside . During July and August , with heaviness in his heart , but in accordance with the Puritan commitment to scholarly writ- ing and publishing of all ...
... summer 1765 , Tom was dismissed from the Alford post , falsely ac- cused by a resentful supervisor of " stamping " -favoring shopkeepers by ap- proving their merchandise consignments without being present to check the contents of the ...
... summer of 1772 , followed that fall by publication in Boston of The Votes and Proceedings , a systematic ac- count of British violations of American rights.4 n the summer of 1772 , Tom Pain began a 26 The American Revelation.
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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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