America, empire of liberty: a new history of the United States

It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great "empire of liberty." This paradoxical phrase may be the key to the American saga: How could the anti-empire of 1776 became the world's greatest superpower? And how did the country that offered unmatched liberty nevert...

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1. Verfasser: Reynolds, David 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Basic Books May 2021
Ausgabe:Second trade paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:It was Thomas Jefferson who envisioned the United States as a great "empire of liberty." This paradoxical phrase may be the key to the American saga: How could the anti-empire of 1776 became the world's greatest superpower? And how did the country that offered unmatched liberty nevertheless found its prosperity on slavery and the dispossession of Native Americans? In this new single-volume history spanning the entire course of US history -- from 1776 through the election of Barack Obama -- prize-winning historian David Reynolds explains how tensions between empire and liberty have often been resolved by faith -- both the evangelical Protestantism that has energized American politics for centuries and the larger faith in American righteousness that has driven the country's expansion. Written with verve and insight, Empire of Liberty brilliantly depicts America in all of its many contradictions
Beschreibung:Auf dem Umschlag: Revised and updated
First published as "America, empire of liberty: a new history" by Allen Lane, 2009
Beschreibung:xvii, 615 Seiten Karten 21 cm
ISBN:9781541675698
9780465022144
9780465015009

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