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John Harmon McElroy - American Beliefs - 9781566632317 - V9781566632317
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American Beliefs

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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.

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

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