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The Puritan Origins of American Patriotism

[Paperback]

by George Mckenna

    • Author

      George Mckenna

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Yale University Press

    • Published

      January 2009

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      The Puritan Origins of American Patriotism

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      Product Description

      In this absorbing book, George McKenna ranges across the entire panorama of American history to track the development of American patriotism. That patriotism, shaped by Reformation Protestantism and imbued with the American Puritan belief in a providential 'errand', has evolved over 350 years and influenced American political culture in both positive and negative ways, McKenna shows.The germ of the patriotism, an activist theology that stressed collective rather than individual salvation, began in the late 1630s in New England and travelled across the continent, eventually becoming a national phenomenon. Today, American patriotism still reflects its origins in the seventeenth century.By encouraging cohesion in a nation of diverse peoples and inspiring social reform, American patriotism has sometimes been a force for good. But the book also uncovers a darker side of the nation's patriotism: a prejudice against the South in the nineteenth century, for example; or a tendency toward nativism and anti-Catholicism. Ironically, a great reversal has occurred, and today the most fervent believers in the Puritan narrative are the former 'outsiders' - Catholics and Southerners.McKenna offers an interesting new perspective on patriotism's role throughout American history, and he concludes with trenchant thoughts on its role in the post-9/11 era.

      Specification

      • Author

        George Mckenna

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Yale University Press

      • Published

        January 2009

      • Weight

        568g

      • Page Count

        448

      • Dimensions

        145 x 221 x 28 mm

      • ISBN

        9780300143256

      • ISBN-10

        0300143257

      • Eden Code

        1225848

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      • Author/Creator: George Mckenna

      • ISBN: 9780300143256

      • Publisher: Yale University Press

      • Release Date: January 2009

      • Weight: 568g

      • Dimensions: 145 x 221 x 28 mm

      • Eden Code: 1225848

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