American Thought and Writing: The Revolution and the early RepublicRussel Blaine Nye, Norman S. Grabo Houghton Mifflin, 1965 |
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... American ? " and in the process they slowly evolved a set of answers to what an American was , and hoped to be . ―― Americans themselves , at the end of the Revolution , looked ahead with a feeling of fresh beginnings . They held great ...
... American ? " and in the process they slowly evolved a set of answers to what an American was , and hoped to be . ―― Americans themselves , at the end of the Revolution , looked ahead with a feeling of fresh beginnings . They held great ...
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Russel Blaine Nye, Norman S. Grabo. American Society and the Revolution The American colonist in 1760 lived in an environment that was not substantially different from his grandfather's . He owned the same kind of house , traveled in the ...
Russel Blaine Nye, Norman S. Grabo. American Society and the Revolution The American colonist in 1760 lived in an environment that was not substantially different from his grandfather's . He owned the same kind of house , traveled in the ...
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... American could conceivably wish to reject the great tradition of English letters , his problem became one of what to reject and what to retain that might be made American . As Noah Webster said , no amount of national pride could make ...
... American could conceivably wish to reject the great tradition of English letters , his problem became one of what to reject and what to retain that might be made American . As Noah Webster said , no amount of national pride could make ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | xi |
A NOTE ON THE TEXTS | xxxix |
Jonathan Mayhew | 3 |
Urheberrecht | |
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