The nation that never was : reconstructing America's story / Kermit Roosevelt III.
| Author/creator | Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | 1 online resource (250 pages.) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Stories of America -- Questioning the standard story: dissenters -- The exclusive Declaration -- The ambiguous Revolution -- The geostrategic Constitution -- The story of continuity -- The march of the Declaration -- Why we tell the standard story -- Why we shouldn't tell the standard story -- Magic tricks and revolutions -- Why, how, and who we are -- Redemption songs: inclusive equality and exclusive individualism in modern America -- The better story. |
| Abstract | "One standard story about America is rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Another story concerns America's moment of reckoning after the Civil War, when it was possible to believe that the country would transcend its racist roots. Kermit Roosevelt III argues here that today, with the country increasingly riven along violent divides, we can find a path forward by shifting our benchmarks from the first story, which fostered the Confederacy, to the second. America doesn't need to find a new usable past; it already has one: we don't live in the Founders' America-we live in Lincoln's"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Original 9780226817613 022681761X |
| ISBN | 9780226817620 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0226817628 (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |