03251nam 2200541 450 991081213770332120230801232422.01-4411-5190-7(CKB)3230000000213952(StDuBDS)AH25461336(MiAaPQ)EBC5309437(Au-PeEL)EBL5309437(CaPaEBR)ebr11518409(OCoLC)1027206247(MiAaPQ)EBC4948608(Au-PeEL)EBL4948608(CaONFJC)MIL851504(OCoLC)1024261258(EXLCZ)99323000000021395220180314h20122012 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIn search of the city on a hill the making and unmaking of an American myth /Richard M. Gamble1st ed.London, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2012.©20121 online resource (208 p.) Includes index.1-4411-6232-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction \ 1. A Foreign Country \ 2. The Good Land \ 3. A Land of Light, 1630-1838 \ 4. A Spectacle to the World, 1838-1930 \ 5. TheaRevolutionary City, 1930-1969a\ 6. The Shining City, 1969-1989 \a7. The Once and Future Citya\ A Note on Sources \ Index'In Search of the City on a Hill' challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. It demonstrates that America's 'redeemer myth' owes more to 19th and 20th century reinventions of the Puritans than to the colonists' own conceptions of divine election.In Search ofathe City on a Hillchallenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. It demonstrates that America's 'redeemer myth' owes more to nineteenth- and twentieth-century reinventions of the Puritans than to the colonists' own conceptions of divine election. It reconstructs the complete story of 'the city on a hill' from its Puritan origins to the present day for the first time. From John Winthrop's 1630 'Model of Christian Charity' and the history books of the nineteenth century to the metaphor's sudden prominence in the 1960s and Reagan's skillful incorporation of it into his rhetoric in the 80s, 'the city on a hill' has had a complex history: this history reveals much about received notions of American exceptionalism, America's identity as a Christian nation, and the impact of America's civil religion. The conclusion considers the current status of 'the city on a hill' and summarizes what this story of national myth eclipsing biblical metaphor teaches us about the evolution of America's identity.National characteristics, AmericanUnited StatesCivilizationNational characteristics, American.974.402092Gamble Richard M.626206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812137703321In search of the city on a hill3954461UNINA