From a Bancroft Prize–winning historian, the fascinating story of
how an obscure Puritan sermon was remade into a founding document
of American identity “For we must consider that we shall be as a
city upon a hill,” John Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans at
New England’s founding in 1630. More than three centuries later,
Ronald Reagan remade that passage into a timeless celebration of
American promise. How were Winthrop’s long-forgotten words
reinvented as a central statement of American identity and
exceptionalism? In As a City on a Hill, Daniel Rodgers tells the
surprising story of one of the most celebrated documents in the
canon of the American idea, revealing how nationalism encourages
the invention of “timeless” texts to straighten out the crooked
realities of the past.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2020 |
| Firstpublished: |
2018 |
| Authors: |
Daniel T. Rodgers
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
368 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-21055-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-691-21055-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780691210551 |
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