Twilight of the republic : empire and exceptionalism in the American political tradition /

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The uniqueness of America has been alternately celebrated and panned, emphasized and denied, for most of the country's history -- both by its own people and by visitors and observers from around the world. The idea of ""American exceptionalism"" tends to provoke strong feeli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Litke, Justin B., 1984-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Temas:
Exceptionalism > United States > History.
National characteristics, American > History.
Political culture > United States > History.
Exceptionnalisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Exceptionalism
National characteristics, American
Political culture
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem of American exceptionalism
  • John Winthrop : a divinely sanctioned, practically circumscribed colony
  • The founders : a providentially guided, temporally bound country
  • Abraham Lincoln : an ideally united, potentially unbound union
  • Albert Beveridge : a racially defined, imperially aimed nation
  • Conclusion : the possibility of a new and traditional American political order.

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