A History of Hope: When Americans Have Dared to Dream of a Better FutureThis book chronicles American history through the stories of the individuals and movements that dreamed of a better future and then took action to make that dream a reality, arguing that the much heralded American spirit was not born as a gift of our founding, but was forged through our adversity and triumphs. From colonial revolutionaries to abolitionists, labor organizers to suffragists, progressives to civil rights activists, it was individuals and movements who dared to go against the American majority that both guarded and created our best national self. |
Contents
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1 The Revolutionaries of 1776 | 10 |
2 Utopian Communities | 26 |
3 Mexico in the United States | 43 |
4 Rebellious Slaves Free Blacks and Abolitionists | 66 |
The First Civil Rights Era | 93 |
6 Feminists and Suffragists | 121 |
7 The Beginnings of Organized Labor | 150 |
9 Hope in Hard Times | 214 |
10 The Civil Rights Movement | 249 |
The Movement Continues | 285 |
Notes | 307 |
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About the Author | 348 |
8 The Many Faces of the Progressive Era | 185 |
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A History of Hope: When Americans Have Dared to Dream of a Better Future James W. Fraser Limited preview - 2002 |
A History of Hope: When Americans Have Dared to Dream of a Better Future James W. Fraser No preview available - 2004 |
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