LEADER 03285nam 2200553 450 001 9910463391403321 005 20211005092434.0 010 $a1-4411-5190-7 035 $a(CKB)3230000000213952 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25461336 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309437 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518409 035 $a(OCoLC)1027206247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4948608 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4948608 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL851504 035 $a(OCoLC)1024261258 035 $a(EXLCZ)993230000000213952 100 $a20180314h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn search of the city on a hill $ethe making and unmaking of an American myth /$fRichard M. Gamble 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4411-6232-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction \ 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 330 $a'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. 330 $bIn 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. 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a974.402092 700 $aGamble$b Richard M.$0626206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463391403321 996 $aIn search of the city on a hill$92477760 997 $aUNINA