Twilight of the Republic Empire and Exceptionalism in the American Political Tradition /

Litke, Justin B., 1984-

Twilight of the Republic Empire and Exceptionalism in the American Political Tradition / [Recurso electrónico] : Justin B. Litke. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013 - 1 online resource (214 pages ) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

The problem of American exceptionalism -- John Winthrop : a divinely sanctioned, practically circumscribed colony -- The founders : a providentially guided, temporally bound country -- Abraham Lincoln : an ideally united, potentially unbound union -- Albert Beveridge : a racially defined, imperially aimed nation -- Conclusion : the possibility of a new and traditional American political order.

Libro Electrónico

9780813142210




Political culture--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
Exceptionalism--History.--United States


Electronic books.

E169.1 / .L56 2013

306.20973