The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007 M04 1 - 272 pages

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.

This inspiring examination of the ideals that have grown to inform our national identity and of the figures who set the course for our evolving self image covers:

City on a Hill--John Winthrop--1630
Common Sense--Thomas Paine--1776
E pluribus unum--Pierre-Eugene Du Simitiere--1776
Self Reliance--Ralph Waldo Emerson--1841
Manifest Destiny--John L. O'Sullivan--1845
Progress and Poverty--Henry George--1879
The Sphere of Action--Jane Addams--1902
The Melting Pot--Israel Zangwill--1908
The Negro in Our History--Carter Woodson--1922
The Marshall Plan--George C. Marshall--1947

Neil Baldwin writes of figures both familiar and forgotten in this work of popular history that seeks to illuminate and enliven the current debate about American's role in the world. Meticulously researched and entertainingly written, THE AMERICAN REVELATION will make all U.S. readers, regardless of their politics, be proud of our country's intellectual heritage and high-minded values and will reassert those ideals to the rest of the world.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
CITY ON A HILL John Winthrop 1630
7
COMMON SENSE Thomas Paine 1776
23
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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NEIL BALDWIN was the executive director of the National Book Foundation sponsor of the National Book Awards for fifteen years. He is the author of ten previous books, including Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate, Edison: Inventing the Century, and Man Ray: American Artist, as well as poetry, criticism, and history.

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