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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... begins " here was buried Thomas Jefferson , Author . " All three sources of identifica- tion that follow the Declaration of Independence , the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , and the University of Virginia - celebrate this ...
... begins " here was buried Thomas Jefferson , Author . " All three sources of identifica- tion that follow the Declaration of Independence , the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , and the University of Virginia - celebrate this ...
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... begins - and ends - in the people . - There is a submerged , more radical discourse in such writings that begins to shape a different awareness of country . Typically , Otis's own use of astronomy " gravitation and attraction have place ...
... begins - and ends - in the people . - There is a submerged , more radical discourse in such writings that begins to shape a different awareness of country . Typically , Otis's own use of astronomy " gravitation and attraction have place ...
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... begins her own work warning that principles " have been nearly annihilated . . . . the causes which involved the thirteen colonies in confusion and blood are scarcely known , amidst the rage of accumulation and the taste for expensive ...
... begins her own work warning that principles " have been nearly annihilated . . . . the causes which involved the thirteen colonies in confusion and blood are scarcely known , amidst the rage of accumulation and the taste for expensive ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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