American Exceptionalism: The Effects of Plenty on the American Experience - Hardcover

Gutfeld, Arnon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903900085 ISBN 13: 9781903900086

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2002

Synopsis

In general, all societies have evolved from a background in which people were many and resources were few. Thus the creation of their ideas, values, and institutions needed to adjust to that reality. The unique history of the United States, however, makes it an exception. There people were few but resources were endless. Thus, American traditions, values, ideas, and institutions which were of European origin had to undergo major transformations. The reality of plenty is thus the key to understanding the uniqueness of American civilization.

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"A fresh intellectual history of the role of the frontier in the American national experience ... An excellent analyis of the positive and dark sides of the American national experience." --American Studies, University of Kansas and the Mid-American Studies Association

A fresh intellectual history of the role of the frontier in the American national experience An excellent analyis of the positive and dark sides of the American national experience. American Studies, University of Kansas and the Mid-American Studies Association"

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Arnon Gutfeld

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1903900085
• ISBN 13: 9781903900086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256