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In search of the city on a hill : the making and unmaking of an American myth /
In Search of the City on a Hill challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. It demonstrates that America's 'redeemer myth' owes more to nineteenth- and twentieth-century reinventions of the Puritans than...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A foreign country; 2. The good land; 3. A land of light, 1630-1838; 4. A spectacle to the world, 1838-1930; 5. The revolutionary city, 1930-1969; 6. The shining city, 1969-1989; 7. The once and future city; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index.