428 Pages
by
Routledge
428 Pages
by
Routledge
428 Pages
by
Routledge
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American exceptionalism – the idea that America is fundamentally distinct from other nations – is a philosophy that has dominated economics, politics, religion and culture for two centuries. This collection of primary source material seeks to understand how this belief began, how it developed and why it remains popular.
1: Rosier, A True Relation of the Most Prosperous Voyage Made this Present Year 1605 by Captaine George Waymouth in the Discovery of the Land of Virginia; 1: James Rosier, A True Relation of the Most Prosperous Voyage made this Present Year 1605 by Captaine George Waymouth in the Discovery of the Land of Virginia (London: George Bishop, 1605).; 2: [Farrer/Ferrar], A Perfect Description of Virginia; 2: [John Farrer/Ferrar], A Perfect Description of Virginia: Being a Full and True Relation of the Present State of the Plantation, their Health, Peace (London: Printed for Richard Wodenoth, 1649).; 3: The Original Rights of Mankind Freely to Subdue and Improve the Earth; 3: The Original Rights of Mankind Freely to Subdue and Improve the Earth (Boston, MA: Printed for the author, 1722).; 4: [Duffield], A Sermon Preached in the Third Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia; 4: [George Duffield], A Sermon Preached in the Third Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, on Thursday December 11, 1783 (Boston, MA: T. & J. Fleet, 1784).; 5: Belknap, ‘Enquiry Whether the Discovery of America has been Useful or Hurtful to Mankind’; 5: Belknap, ‘Enquiry whether the Discovery of America has been Useful or Hurtful to Mankind’, Boston Magazine, 1 (May 1784), pp. 280–5.; 6: Linn, The Blessings of America; 6: William Linn, The Blessings of America. A Sermon, Preached in the Middle Dutch Church, on the Fourth July, 1791, being the Anniversary of the Independence of America at the Request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (New York, 1790).; 7: Ingersoll, An Oration; 7: Charles Jared Ingersoll, An Oration, Delivered at Mr. Harvey’s, Spring Garden, Before a Very Numerous Meeting of Democratic Citizens, July 4, 1812 (Philadelphia, PA: John Binns, 1812).; 8: The American Colonization Society; 8: Robert Finley, Thoughts on the Colonization of Free Blacks (Washington, DC, 1816).; 9: Ralph Randolph Gurley, A Discourse, Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1825, in the City of
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Timothy Roberts
