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Zusatztext Gamble’s book is an impressive piece of contextual scholarship that presents religious and political issues in a concise and entertaining way and raises crucial if inconvenient questions concerning the interpretation of historical documents and the evolution of influential ideas. His tenacious research provides answers many would not like to hear. He calls attention to those at the top who, almost always, consciously distort the past for an imagined future. Gamble dares to question a national myth, but by such an act he serves rather than desecrates the American experience. Such an honest, well written work should become a textbook for both students and established scholars of American thought. Informationen zum Autor Richard M. Gamble holds the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in History and Political Science at Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA. Klappentext Presents the American history of the 'city on a hill' metaphor from its Puritan beginnings to its role in Reagan's American civil religion and beyond. This title challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. Vorwort The American history of the 'city on a hill' metaphor from its Puritan beginnings to its role in Reagan's American civil religion and beyond. Zusammenfassung Presents the American history of the 'city on a hill' metaphor from its Puritan beginnings to its role in Reagan's American civil religion and beyond. This title challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction \ 1. A Foreign Country \ 2. The Good Land \ 3. A Land of Light, 1630-1838 \ 4. A Spectacle to the World, 1838-1930 \ 5. The Revolutionary City, 1930-1969 \ 6. The Shining City, 1969-1989 \ 7. The Once and Future City \ A Note on Sources \ Index ...
