The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History

by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Book Overview

Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn, enriched by the bounties of the Enlightenment, the philosophies of liberty and individuality, the tenets of religion, and the doctrines of republicanism and democracy. Crucial to this development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190625368
• ISBN13: 9780190625368
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.2"