American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History

by Charles A. Murray

The phrase "American exceptionalism" is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century after the Constitution went into effect, European observers and Americans alike saw the United States as exceptional, with political and civic cultures that had no counterparts anywhere else. In American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History, Charles Murray describes how America's geography,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084477264X
• ISBN13: 9780844772646
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.6" x 6.5"