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American Beliefs
John Harmon McElroy
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Description for American Beliefs
Hardcover. Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs , John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas that promote the unity of a vast nation and a diverse people-because they have been shared and acted upon by generations of Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 517.
Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs, John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas that keep a big country and a diverse people united, tracing them historically from their origins in the earliest experiences of the American colonists. A powerful antidote to decades of concentration on the differences among Americans. A magnificent and timely book. John McElroy picks up where de Tocqueville left off. —Charles Moskos.
Why do so many different people with widely dissimilar ideas and customs get along as Americans? In American Beliefs, John McElroy identifies and explains those essential ideas that keep a big country and a diverse people united, tracing them historically from their origins in the earliest experiences of the American colonists. A powerful antidote to decades of concentration on the differences among Americans. A magnificent and timely book. John McElroy picks up where de Tocqueville left off. —Charles Moskos.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566632317
SKU
V9781566632317
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for American Beliefs
Powerful...a persuasive analysis.
Emory Elliott, Center for Ideas and Society, University of California John McElroy thoroughly expounds with subtlety and depth a point of capital importance.
John Silber, Boston University Impressive.
Joseph Epstein
Times Literary Supplement
A magnificent and timely book.
Charles Moskos, Northwestern University An exceptionally interesting and rewarding book about what makes ... Read more
Emory Elliott, Center for Ideas and Society, University of California John McElroy thoroughly expounds with subtlety and depth a point of capital importance.
John Silber, Boston University Impressive.
Joseph Epstein
Times Literary Supplement
A magnificent and timely book.
Charles Moskos, Northwestern University An exceptionally interesting and rewarding book about what makes ... Read more