The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 Seiten 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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... York , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Tennessee ) . The general aim , as Jefferson describes it in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802 , consists in “ building a wall of separation between Church and State , " a ...
... York , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Tennessee ) . The general aim , as Jefferson describes it in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802 , consists in “ building a wall of separation between Church and State , " a ...
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... York : Continuum , 1972 . Hulme , Peter . Colonial Encounters : Europe and the Native Caribbean , 1492–1797 . Lon- don : Methuen , 1986 . Hyneman , Charles S. , and Donald Lutz , eds . American Political Writing during the Founding Era ...
... York : Continuum , 1972 . Hulme , Peter . Colonial Encounters : Europe and the Native Caribbean , 1492–1797 . Lon- don : Methuen , 1986 . Hyneman , Charles S. , and Donald Lutz , eds . American Political Writing during the Founding Era ...
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... York : Doubleday & Co. , 1984 . Explaining America : The Federalist . New York : Doubleday & Co. , 1981 . Inventing America : Jefferson's Declaration of Independence . New York : Doubleday & Co. , 1978 . Woloch , Isser . Eighteenth ...
... York : Doubleday & Co. , 1984 . Explaining America : The Federalist . New York : Doubleday & Co. , 1981 . Inventing America : Jefferson's Declaration of Independence . New York : Doubleday & Co. , 1978 . Woloch , Isser . Eighteenth ...
Inhalt
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Urheberrecht | |
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