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Freedom Just Around the Corner
Book • 2009
Walter McDougall's 'Freedom Just Around the Corner' offers a broad reinterpretation of early American history, covering developments from late 16th-century colonial ventures through the early 19th century.
The book argues that the American founding and subsequent political developments were pivotal in shaping the modern world, challenging conventional narratives that downplay America's uniqueness.
McDougall draws on diplomatic, intellectual, and cultural history to trace the rise of American political institutions and ideas.
His narrative emphasizes contingency and the distinctive experiments in liberty that characterized the American experience.
The work is aimed at both general readers and scholars interested in reassessing the significance of the American founding.
The book argues that the American founding and subsequent political developments were pivotal in shaping the modern world, challenging conventional narratives that downplay America's uniqueness.
McDougall draws on diplomatic, intellectual, and cultural history to trace the rise of American political institutions and ideas.
His narrative emphasizes contingency and the distinctive experiments in liberty that characterized the American experience.
The work is aimed at both general readers and scholars interested in reassessing the significance of the American founding.
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