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The American revelation : ten ideals that shaped our country from the Puritans to the Cold War

Identifying ten values that have inspired and defined the American national consciousness, a history names the leaders who presented each ideal and explains how they shaped the nation's intellectual heritage
Print Book, English, 2005
St. Martin's Press, New York, 2005
Biography
253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780312325435, 9780312325442, 0312325436, 0312325444
57391910
City on a hill : John Winthrop, 1630
Common sense : Thomas Paine, 1776
E pluribus unum : Pierre Eugène de Simitière, 1776
Self-reliance : Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
Manifest destiny : John L. O'Sullivan, 1845
Progress and poverty : Henry George, 1879
The sphere of action : Jane Addams, 1902
The melting-pot : Israel Zangwill, 1908
The Negro in our history : Carter G. Woodson, 1922
The Marshall Plan : George C. Marshall, 1947