Providence and the Invention of the United States, 1607–1876 - Softcover

Guyatt, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521687306 ISBN 13: 9780521687300

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Nicholas Guyatt offers a completely new understanding of a central question in American history: how did Americans come to think that God favored the United States above other nations? Making sense of previously diffuse debates on manifest destiny, millenarianism, and American mission, Providence and the Invention of the United States explains the origins and development of the idea that God has a special plan for America. The benefits and costs of this idea deserve careful consideration.

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Book Description:

How did Americans come to think that God favored the United States above other nations? Making sense of previous diffuse debates on manifest destiny, millenarianism, and American mission, this book explains the origins and development of the idea that God has a special plan for America.

About the Author:

Nicholas Guyatt is Assistant Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia. He has studied at Cambridge University (B.A., M. Phil.) and Princeton Univeristy (Ph.D.). This is his first academic monograph, but his fourth book; a work on apocalyptic Christianity will also be published in 2007. He writes about American history for the London Review of Books and the Nation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521687306
• ISBN 13: 9780521687300
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352