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This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when
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Reading the Early Republic focuses attention on the forgotten dynamism of thought in the founding era. In every case, the documents, novels, pamphlets, sermons,
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The Founding of a Nation
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"This wonderfully rich volume challenges those who claim that political history is arid, narrow, or worse, irrelevant to our own concerns. Jensen's study explor
The American Colonies
Language: en
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"The American Colonies brings the burgeoning scholarship on early America under control and provides students with a graceful, rigorous introduction to American