Title: American exceptionalism /
Authors: Roberts, Timothy Mason, 1964-; DiCuirci, Lindsay
Year: 2013
Subjects: National characteristics, American; Exceptionalism United States.; Economic development United States History.; United States Civilization.; United States History; United States Territorial expansion.; United States Religion.; United States History, Military.
Contents: Volume 1. Land and prosperity / edited by Timothy Roberts -- A true relation of the most prosperous voyage made this present year 1605 by Captaine George Waymouth in the discovery of the land of Virginia (1605) / James Rosier -- A perfect description of Virginia (1649) / [John Farrer/Ferrar] -- The original rights of mankind freely to subdue and improve the earth (1722) -- A sermon preached in the Third Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia (1738) / [George Duffield] -- 'Enquiry whether the discovery of America has been useful or hurtful to mankind' (1784) / Jeremy Belknap -- The blessings of America (1791) / William Linn -- An oration, delivered at Mr. Harvey's, Spring Garden, before a very numerous meeting of democratic citizens (1812) / Charles Ingersoll --^ The American Colonization Society: Thoughts on the colonization of free Blacks (1816) / Robert Finley ; A discourse, delivered on the Fourth of July, 1825, in the city of Washington (1825) / Ralph Randolph Gurley ; A discourse preached in the Center Church, in New Haven, August 27, 1828, at the funeral of Jehudi Ashmun (1828) / Leonard Bacon -- Oration delivered before the Chamberlain Philosophical and Literary Society of Centre College (1835) / James Allan -- 'The great nation of futurity' (1839) ; 'Territorial aggrandizement' (1845) / [John O'Sullivan] -- 'Foreign policy of the United States in 1852-6 Cuba' (1853) / Anon. -- 'The Oregon question' (1846) / [Charles Creighton Hazewell] -- Association discussed, or The socialism of the Tribune examined (1847) / Horace Greeley and Henry Raymond -- 'Communism' : New York journal of commerce (1848) / Anon. -- Address on the free-soil question (1848) / William D.C. Murdock --^ Plain truths for the people : speech in the US Senate (1858) / Benjamin Wade -- Laws of national growth : speech in the US House of Representatives (1860) / Samuel Sullivan Cox -- 'The nature and progress of true socialism' (1879) / John Bates Clark -- 'Some neglected points in the theory of socialism' / Thorstein Veblen --