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The ideas that made America : a brief history / Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]Description: x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780190625368
  • 0190625368
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ideas that made AmericaLOC classification:
  • E169.1 R386 2019
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.
Summary: "Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, Ideas That Made America: A Brief History shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E169.1 .R386 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001459329

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, Ideas That Made America: A Brief History shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism"-- Provided by publisher.

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