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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Robert A. Ferguson. once familiar , dominating , and inclusive . Agreement , after all , means agree- ment within the ... dominate eighteenth - century American thought : the Enlightenment and Protestant Reform Christianity . Chapter 2 ...
Robert A. Ferguson. once familiar , dominating , and inclusive . Agreement , after all , means agree- ment within the ... dominate eighteenth - century American thought : the Enlightenment and Protestant Reform Christianity . Chapter 2 ...
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... dominate the situation , a not infrequent motif for Washington in revolutionary lore . ( Similar advents quash a riot amongst the soldiery in 1776 and prove decisive at the battles of Princeton and Monmouth in 1777 and 1778. ) Although ...
... dominate the situation , a not infrequent motif for Washington in revolutionary lore . ( Similar advents quash a riot amongst the soldiery in 1776 and prove decisive at the battles of Princeton and Monmouth in 1777 and 1778. ) Although ...
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... dominates religious thought and writing in America into the 1760s . The diffuse and eclectic aspects of midcentury ... dominate revivalist narratives . One consequence is that prerevolutionary Americans already accept crisis as their ...
... dominates religious thought and writing in America into the 1760s . The diffuse and eclectic aspects of midcentury ... dominate revivalist narratives . One consequence is that prerevolutionary Americans already accept crisis as their ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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