With contributions from leading thinkers drawing on expertise within their fields, this book offers a series of essays providing a framework for the American story.
With contributions from leading thinkers drawing on expertise within their fields, this book offers a series of essays providing a framework for the American story.
Joshua A. Claybourn is an author and attorney working primarily with governmental entities and elected officials. His work has appeared in USA Today, the Hill, the American Spectator, National Review Online, American Thinker, and World Magazine, as well as numerous regional publications. On television he has commented on current events on CNN and MSNBC.
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Introduction Joshua A. Claybourn Part 1: Building Blocks of a National Narrative 1. Composite Nation? David W. Blight 2. National Narratives as Habits of Thought James V. Wertsch 3. The Plastic Age Jason Kuznicki 4. In Pursuit of an Idea: America’s Ongoing Quest Ali Wyne Part 2: Conceptual Unifying Narratives 5. Can the United States Be One People? Gordon S. Wood 6. Holding Ourselves Together John C. Danforth 7. Society and Service Jim Banks 8. The Story of Us: Community Cohesion Cherie Harder 9. An American Community Nikolas Gvosdev 10. A Dream for Anyone and Everyone Markos Moulitsas 11. Foot-Voting Nation Ilya Somin 12. Transatlantic Perspectives Spencer P. Boyer Part 3: Stories as the Basis for Narrative 13. Embattled Farmers Cass R. Sunstein 14. America as a Social Movement Eleanor Clift 15. Yankee Ingenuity Gerard N. Magliocca Part 4: Skeptical Approaches to an American Story 16. American Minimalism: Why No Robust Account of National Identity Is Possible—or Desirable Richard A. Epstein 17. One Nation Divisible Alan Taylor 18. America’s Broken Narrative of Exceptionalism Cody Delistraty List of Contributors
Introduction Joshua A. Claybourn Part 1: Building Blocks of a National Narrative 1. Composite Nation? David W. Blight 2. National Narratives as Habits of Thought James V. Wertsch 3. The Plastic Age Jason Kuznicki 4. In Pursuit of an Idea: America’s Ongoing Quest Ali Wyne Part 2: Conceptual Unifying Narratives 5. Can the United States Be One People? Gordon S. Wood 6. Holding Ourselves Together John C. Danforth 7. Society and Service Jim Banks 8. The Story of Us: Community Cohesion Cherie Harder 9. An American Community Nikolas Gvosdev 10. A Dream for Anyone and Everyone Markos Moulitsas 11. Foot-Voting Nation Ilya Somin 12. Transatlantic Perspectives Spencer P. Boyer Part 3: Stories as the Basis for Narrative 13. Embattled Farmers Cass R. Sunstein 14. America as a Social Movement Eleanor Clift 15. Yankee Ingenuity Gerard N. Magliocca Part 4: Skeptical Approaches to an American Story 16. American Minimalism: Why No Robust Account of National Identity Is Possible—or Desirable Richard A. Epstein 17. One Nation Divisible Alan Taylor 18. America’s Broken Narrative of Exceptionalism Cody Delistraty List of Contributors
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