The fate of America : an inquiry into national character
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TextWashington, DC Brassey's c2001Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 366p.; bibliog. refs.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 1574883569
- E169.1 .G4514 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index.. Responsibility Michael Gellert.
Part 1 - America's heroic ideal. Prelude: The aspiration toward greatness. 1 Two souls within the human breast. 2 The revolutionary. 3 The frontiersman. 4 Contemporary heroic idealism. Part 2 - The high life. Prelude - The metaphor of height. 5 The commercialism of America's heroic ideal. 6 Heroic mania. 7 The imitation of heroism. 8 Heroic tunnel vision. 9 The escape from heroism. 10 The metaphor of depth. Part 3 - The underside of innocence. Prelude - The style of innocence. 11 The historical roots of American innocence. 12 Jefferson's bastards. 13 The land of the overrated child. 14 The metaphor of the eternally young hero. 15 The explosion of innocence. 16 The metaphor of America's darkness. 17 The implosion of innocence. 18 The sacrifice of innocence. Part 4 - The fate of America. 19 America in the third millennium
'A large-scale analysis of this country on a par with Tocqueville...an important book. It raises serious questions about our country, makes perceptive observations about our culture, and provokes us to look inside ourselves in a critical, yet constructive, way.' --Howard Zinn
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