The idea of America : a collection of essays

Bonner, William, 1948- (Added Author). Lemieux, Pierre. (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 1891434136
ISBN: 9781891434136
Physical Description: print
238 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Paris : Les Belles Lettres, c2003.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Founding Documents. The declaration of independence -- The bill of rights. Part II: Revolutionary ideals. Give me liberty or give me death / Patrick Henry -- Common sense / Thomas Paine -- The American revolution / Lord Acton. Part III: Self-, decentralized, and limited government. Responsive governments / James Madison -- Local administration ; Democratic despotism ; Voluntary associations / Alexis de Tocqueville. Part IV: Religion. Religion / Alexis de Tocqueville. Part V: Self-reliance and character. What is an American / J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur -- To those who would remove to America / Benjamin Franklin -- On being an American / H.L. Mencken -- Self-reliance / Ralph Waldo Emerson. Part VI: The frontier. Giants in the earth / Ole Rölvaag -- Old times on the Mississippi / Mark Twain. Part VII: The spirit of liberty. The spirit of resistance / Thomas Jefferson -- Civil disobedience / Henry David Thoreau -- Anarchism and American traditions / Voltairine de Cleyre. Part VIII: Open America. Poem on the Statue of Liberty / Emma Lazarus -- Foreign policy / John Quincy Adams.