The real American dream
a meditation on hope
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Author
Publication
1999 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
35,750 words, Guess
Page Count
143 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL35873M
- ISBN-100674749251
- OCLC Control Numberrealamericandrea00delb
- Library of Congress Control Number99021179
- LibraryThing150241
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- Goodreads1856315
Classifications
- DDC973/.01
- LCCE169.1 .D416 1999
Description
"In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. A spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day, the book is also a lively, deeply learned meditation on hope." "Andrew Delbanco tells of the stringent God of Protestant Christianity, who exerted immense force over the language, institutions, and customs of the culture for nearly two hundred years. He describes the falling away of this God and the rise of the idea of a sacred nation-state. And, finally he speaks of our own moment, when symbols of nationalism are in decline, leaving us with nothing to satisfy the longing for transcendence once sustained by God and nation."--BOOK JACKET.
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- The William E. Massey, Sr. lectures in the history of American civilization ;
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- The real American dream: a meditation on hope
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