The myth of American exceptionalism

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The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and highly respected British commentator, argues that Amer...

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Main Author: Hodgson, Godfrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009
Subjects:
National characteristics, American.
Exceptionalism > United States.
Nationalism > United States.
United States > Civilization.
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A city set upon a hill
  • Myth and reality in the birth of a nation
  • From civil war to cold war
  • From liberal consensus to conservative ascendancy
  • The other exceptionalism
  • The corruption of the best.

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