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The ideas that made America, a brief history, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

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The ideas that made America, a brief history, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ideas that made America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1057241227

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Sub title

a brief history

Summary

Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, this book shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism

Table Of Contents

World of empires: precontact-1740 -- America and the transatlantic Enlightenment: 1741-1800 -- From republican to romantic: 1800-1850 -- Contests of intellectual authority: 1850-90 -- Modernist revolts: 1890-1920 -- Roots and rootlessness : 1920-45 -- The opening of the American mind: 1945-70 -- Against universalism: 1962-90s

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