1. The Writings Of American History From The Puritans To The Present
America is for Jefferson, as it was for the Puritans, a model for the world, but natural law takes the place of divine providence in directing its affairs. ... They led toward what came to be called "consensus history." ... These consensus historians were very diverse, and many of them were liberals. A new generation of neo-Progressives began to insist that conflict, not consensus, marked the American past. In 1960s America, the assault on consensus history...
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