The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... Revolution will be told , and they compete with each other in the knowledge that their own tellings will control subsequent thought . This process , too , is part of the literature of the Revolution part of the later movement of ideas ...
... Revolution will be told , and they compete with each other in the knowledge that their own tellings will control subsequent thought . This process , too , is part of the literature of the Revolution part of the later movement of ideas ...
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Robert A. Ferguson. 4 WRITING THE REVOLUTION I First to study the Revolution , the historian David Ramsay also first pro- claims the utter centrality of its writings . " In establishing American inde- pendence , " he observes in The ...
Robert A. Ferguson. 4 WRITING THE REVOLUTION I First to study the Revolution , the historian David Ramsay also first pro- claims the utter centrality of its writings . " In establishing American inde- pendence , " he observes in The ...
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... Revolution . London : J. M. Dent & Sons , 1976 . Egnal , Marc . A Mighty Empire : The Origins of the American Revolution . Ithaca , N.Y .: Cornell University Press , 1988 . Elkins , Stanley , and Eric McKitrick . The Age of Federalism ...
... Revolution . London : J. M. Dent & Sons , 1976 . Egnal , Marc . A Mighty Empire : The Origins of the American Revolution . Ithaca , N.Y .: Cornell University Press , 1988 . Elkins , Stanley , and Eric McKitrick . The Age of Federalism ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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