{"product_id":"9781429901376","title":"The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eNeil Baldwin, one of the most exciting intellectual historians, has written extensively about the great thinkers and innovators who have shaped our unique American identity.  In THE AMERICAN REVELATION, he turns his energies to the unfolding story of how the American spirit developed over 400 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis inspiring examination of the ideals that have grown to inform our national identity and of the figures who set the course for our evolving self image covers:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCity on a Hill--John Winthrop--1630\u003cbr\u003eCommon Sense--Thomas Paine--1776\u003cbr\u003eE pluribus unum--Pierre-Eugene Du Simitiere--1776\u003cbr\u003eSelf Reliance--Ralph Waldo Emerson--1841\u003cbr\u003eManifest Destiny--John L. O'Sullivan--1845\u003cbr\u003eProgress and Poverty--Henry George--1879\u003cbr\u003eThe Sphere of Action--Jane Addams--1902\u003cbr\u003eThe Melting Pot--Israel Zangwill--1908\u003cbr\u003eThe Negro in Our History--Carter Woodson--1922\u003cbr\u003eThe Marshall Plan--George C. Marshall--1947\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Baldwin writes of figures both familiar and forgotten in this work of popular history that seeks to illuminate and enliven the current debate about American's role in the world.  Meticulously researched and entertainingly written, THE AMERICAN REVELATION will make all  U.S. readers, regardless of their politics, be proud of our country's intellectual heritage and high-minded values and will reassert those ideals to the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128072945904,"sku":"9781429901376","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429901376_p0.jpg?v=1769901640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429901376","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}