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

by Baldwin, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780312325442
• ISBN10: 0312325444
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-11
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

In The American Revelation , Neil Baldwin, one of our most exciting and provocative intellectual historians, applies his formidable energies to the story of how the American Spirit developed over four centuries, through an inspiring'”and unsparing'”examination of selected ideals that have helped inform our culture through the vivid personalities who set the course. Figures both familiar and forgotten illuminate this timely narrative of popular history that enlivens the current debate about America's proper role in a turbulent post-9/11 world. Though an ideal may have been forgotten, that does not mean it no longer has the power to move us and shape our future. Exuberant and lively, The American Revelation will inspire all readers, regardless of their politics, to revisit and revalue our country's high-minded heritage.

Author Biography

Neil Baldwin is the author of many works of biography and nonfiction, including most recently Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass-Production of Hate and Edison: Inventing the Century. He is co-Chair of the NYU Biography Seminar and (as of September 2006) Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at Montclair State University. He lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(182)
1. CITY ON A HILL John Winthrop, 1630	7	(16)
2. COMMON SENSE Thomas Paine, 1776	23	(20)
3. E PLURIBUS UNUM Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1776	43	(18)
4. SELF-RELIANCE Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841	61	(18)
5. MANIFEST DESTINY John L. O'Sullivan, 1845	79	(20)
6. PROGRESS AND POVERTY Henry George, 1879	99	(22)
7. THE SPHERE OF ACTION Jane Addams, 1902	121	(22)
8. THE MELTING-POT Israel Zangwill, 1908	143	(20)
9. THE NEGRO IN OUR HISTORY Carter G. Woodson, 1922	163	(20)
10. THE MARSHALL PLAN George C. Marshall, 1947	183	(22)
Afterword: A Sense of History	205	(2)
Acknowledgments	207	(2)
Notes	209	(26)
Bibliography	235	(20)
Illustration Acknowledgments and Permissions	255

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