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Bezig met laden... The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Storydoor Kermit Roosevelt III
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a vital work by the great-great grandson of Teddy Roosevelt where he demolishes the story that we are the "heirs to the founders," argues that the true heirs to the founders were the Confederates, and we should look to the era of Reconstruction as our true forbearers. It is well argued and backed with evidence, but gets a bit preachy near the end. Still, an important work and one our leaders should listen to. Down with Jefferson! Up with Sumner! ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"One standard story about America is rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Another story concerns America's moment of reckoning after the Civil War, when it was possible to believe that the country would transcend its racist roots. Kermit Roosevelt III argues here that today, with the country increasingly riven along violent divides, we can find a path forward by shifting our benchmarks from the first story, which fostered the Confederacy, to the second. America doesn't need to find a new usable past; it already has one: we don't live in the Founders' America-we live in Lincoln's"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)342.7302Social sciences Law Constitutional and administrative law North America Constitutional law--United States Basic instruments of Government, the US constitutionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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