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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... original thought , text and lost context , assertion and expectation , story and event . If " the real American Revolution " resists a narrative of heroics to reside elsewhere in the minds and hearts of the people - how does one reach ...
... original thought , text and lost context , assertion and expectation , story and event . If " the real American Revolution " resists a narrative of heroics to reside elsewhere in the minds and hearts of the people - how does one reach ...
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... original calling card , resides in both the libera- tion that it promises and the kinds of domination that it provokes - in both Hamiltonian prosperity and the child labor that prosperity assumes . More- over , the original context of ...
... original calling card , resides in both the libera- tion that it promises and the kinds of domination that it provokes - in both Hamiltonian prosperity and the child labor that prosperity assumes . More- over , the original context of ...
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... original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the State Declarations of Rights are not repealed by this Constitution ; and being in force are sufficient . " Sherman's ...
... original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the State Declarations of Rights are not repealed by this Constitution ; and being in force are sufficient . " Sherman's ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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