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This Sacred Trust: American Nationality 1778-1898
This Sacred Trust American Nationality 17781898 Author:Paul C. Nagel Nagel's classic work deals with nineteenth-century America's coming awareness as a nation and its agonizing struggle to turn itself into a model republic. He perceptively explores the growth of American nationalism in its political, social, religious, economic, and literary implications. The resulting book is a vivid portrait of how America vie... more »wed itself, what concerned it deeply, and ultimately, of those forces in society that led to a new spirit of militant nationalism.« less