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American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea

byIan Tyrrell

The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Drawing on archival evidence, political analysis, and reconstructed events, the narrative gives American Exceptionalism a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the new history of an old idea becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within history and political science. American Exceptionalism ultimately offers a nuanced guide to the evidence, the human stakes, and the consequences that make this subject worth revisiting.

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780226812090