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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... thoughts and our lives in an instructive mental conversation with the past . The ten ideals discussed in The American Revelation are the rightful patrimony of all Americans . The first inspiration for this book came to me when the new ...
... thoughts and " grevances " on a " pro- pounded Course " to leave England . He submitted the drafts for critique and commentary to his fellow corporate investors in the Massachusetts Bay Company when they gathered at Bury St. Edmunds ...
... thoughts , " meeting before the Lord in a dialogue of the spirit .... It refresheth my heart , " Winthrop wrote in one rapturous let- ter , " to think that I shall yet againe ... see that lovely countenance that I have so much delighted ...
... thought to be Rev. George Phillips , one of the signatories , declared , " without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes . " " 23 During the preceding ten days , John Winthrop had been composing a sermon to express publicly ...
... thought to have sent a confession to the Board of Excise asking to be reinstated if a proper vacancy came up . The distasteful experience was sufficient to send Tom back to London . He was somehow able to persuade the headmasters of ...
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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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