The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 halaman This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... debates and formed Results by one Vote and by two Votes , which went out to the World as unanimous . " The purpose of silence is to minimize and control difference . If properly restrained , private debate can be subsumed in a public ...
... debates and formed Results by one Vote and by two Votes , which went out to the World as unanimous . " The purpose of silence is to minimize and control difference . If properly restrained , private debate can be subsumed in a public ...
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... debate . The relation between dissenting religious traditions and the growth of oppositional political discourse is a barometer of cultural modification and literary creativity throughout the era . Steeped in the English revolutions of ...
... debate . The relation between dissenting religious traditions and the growth of oppositional political discourse is a barometer of cultural modification and literary creativity throughout the era . Steeped in the English revolutions of ...
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... debate in the first Congress and the state assemblies – have the effect years of magnifying the overall document . The original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the ...
... debate in the first Congress and the state assemblies – have the effect years of magnifying the overall document . The original framers reject the need for a Bill of Rights because , as Roger Sherman argues on September 12th , “ the ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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