City on a hill : a history of American exceptionalism /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The birth of a story
- Message: The mystery of Winthrop's manuscript
- The significance of Winthrop's Bible
- The meaning of Winthrop's city on a hill
- Materials: A true history of America
- A providential history of America
- A white history of America
- Myths: THe rise of national history
- The spread of national pilgrims
- The creation of an exceptional New England
- Methods: Antiquarian America
- Puritan stock
- The Mayflower Compact versus a model of Christian charity
- Models: Creating a usable past
- A meaning to match its force
- Perry Miller's city on a hill
- The American Jeremiad
- American exceptionalism and America first
- Coda: The death of a sermon.
