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008			190711s2020 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2019945887
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019			_a1143740031
020			_a9780300229752 _q(hardcover ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a0300229755
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100	1		_aVan Engen, Abram C., _d1981- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCity on a hill : _ba history of American exceptionalism / _cAbram C. Van Engen.
246	3	0	_aHistory of American exceptionalism
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2020]
300			_aix, 379 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aIn this illuminating book, Abram Van Engen shows how the phrase "City on a Hill," from a 1630 sermon by Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop, shaped the story of American exceptionalism in the twentieth century. By tracing the history of Winthrop's speech, its changing status throughout time, and its use in modern politics, Van Engen asks us to reevaluate our national narratives. He tells the story of curators, librarians, collectors, archivists, antiquarians, and often anonymous figures who emphasized the role of the Pilgrims and Puritans in American history, paving the way for the saving and sanctifying of a single sermon. This sermon's rags-to-riches rise reveals the way national stories take shape and shows us how those tales continue to influence competing visions of the country - the many different meanings of America that emerge from its literary past--Book jacket.
650		0	_aExceptionalism _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zUnited States _xHistory. _983440
600	1	0	_aWinthrop, John, _d1588-1649.
600	1	0	_aWinthrop, John, _d1588-1649 _xInfluence.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistoriography. _9229445
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American. _921875
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