The Great Republic: A History of the American People, Volum 1D.C. Heath and Company, 1992 - 656 sider The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American history around a central structure of several overarching themes: the reconciling of majority and minority interests in governing the body politic; the relations between America and the outer world; and the role of ideas in shaping American society and institutions. |
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... colonists into manufactur- ing — at first , mostly the production of crude textiles and shoes . Transportation and communications rapidly improved as roads were built and regular schedules established for stagecoaches and packet boats ...
... colonists into manufactur- ing — at first , mostly the production of crude textiles and shoes . Transportation and communications rapidly improved as roads were built and regular schedules established for stagecoaches and packet boats ...
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... colonists , was a unified body for some affairs but not for others . To counter all these halting and fumbling efforts by the colonists to divide parliamentary authority , the British offered a simple but powerful argument . Since they ...
... colonists , was a unified body for some affairs but not for others . To counter all these halting and fumbling efforts by the colonists to divide parliamentary authority , the British offered a simple but powerful argument . Since they ...
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... colonists had long felt the relevance of these " country " ideas more keenly than the English themselves . These ideas had not only explained the simple character of American life in contrast with the sophistication of England . They ...
... colonists had long felt the relevance of these " country " ideas more keenly than the English themselves . These ideas had not only explained the simple character of American life in contrast with the sophistication of England . They ...
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