Tytuł
All we say : the battle for American identity : a history in 15
speeches
Miejsce wydania
New York : New York :
Wydawnictwo
Random House, Random House,
Hasła przedmiotowe
Historia
Informacje dodatkowe
Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-411).
Part I. American foundations: Revolution to Civil War. Benjamin Franklin: Founding compromise ; Red Jacket: We have always lived here ; Maria Stewart: Knowledge is power ; Alexander Stephens: The cornerstone ; Abraham Lincoln: True and righteous -- Part II. What kind of nation: Radical republic to superpower. Frederick Douglass: Such things as human rights ; Anna Dickinson: Celebrity suffragette ; Mary Lease: Wall Street owns this country ; Louis Brandeis: Americanism ; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Streszczenie
"For 250 years, we have debated what it means to be American. This question shaped the compromises in our Constitution and the arguments we've been having ever since--spawning abolitionism, secession, and civil war; populism, mass migration, and global leadership; movements for reform and the backlashes to them. In All We Say, Ben Rhodes tells the story of fifteen speeches--some iconic, others long forgotten--that have both shaped and reflected the argument Americans have been having from our fo
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