ABSTRACT
American exceptionalism � the idea that America is fundamentally distinct from other nations � is a philosophy that has dominated economics, politics, religion and culture for two centuries. This collection of primary source material seeks to understand how this belief began, how it developed and why it remains popular.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Higginson, The Cause of God and his People in New-England
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Sewall, Phænomena Quædam Apocalyptica
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Colman, The Religious Regards we Owe to our Country
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Langdon, The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States
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Woodhull, A Sermon, for the Day of Publick Thanksgiving
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Austin, The Downfall of Mystical Babylon
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P. S., ‘Will Christianity Ever Become Universal?’
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Robbins, An Historical View of the First Planters of New England
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Storrs, et al., A Sermon Delivered at North Bridgewater
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Moshulatubbee and Pitchlynn, Address from the Choctaw Delegation of Indians in Washington
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Jewett, Oration
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Kirk, The Church Essential to the Republic
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[Guernsey], ‘Providence in American History’
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Eells, How and why we give Thanks
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Hough, Our Country’s Mission
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Alden, ‘The Indefinite Grandeur of the Home Missionary Work’
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Cole, ‘The Negro at Home and Abroad’
