American Convictions: Cycles of Public Thought, 1600-1850Lippincott, 1970 - 632 pages Studies the bases and fluctuations of American political thought and attitudes from the colonial experience to the dawn of industrialism. |
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English Ways in American Regions | 27 |
The Old Order Brought Overseas | 33 |
English Freedoms Transplanted to Chesapeake Shores | 41 |
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