Give me liberty : a history of America's exceptional idea /
An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of twelve essential documents. Nationalism is inevitable. It supplies feelings of belonging, identity and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But increasingly, from the United State...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
[2019]
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Minutes of the Jamestown general assembly
- Flushing remonstrance
- Trial of John Peter Zenger
- Declaration of Independence
- Constitution of the New-York Manumission Society
- Constitution
- Monroe doctrine
- Seneca Falls declaration
- Gettysburg address
- The new Colossus
- Cross of gold speech
- Arsenal of democracy fireside chat
- Tear down this wall speech
- Conclusion.