1. The Writings Of American History From The Puritans To The Present
... upward just like the providentialists. Through most of the eighteenth century and into the early twentieth century, American history was the story of the progress of the "Empire of Liberty." George Bancroft, the most distinguished American historian of the mid-nineteenth century, organized the history of America around three themes. These themes were progress, liberty, and Anglo-Saxon destiny. The Anglo ... ...
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