Memorial Hall Library

The American identity, Patrick N. Allitt, pt. 2, discs 3-4

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The American identity

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Patrick N. Allitt

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The paradox of the American identity is that although the United States is a melting pot of many differenct traditions, motives, and ideals, there are nevertheless distinctive qualities that define the American Character. In this course, historian Patrick N. Allitt investigates the national character by introducing you to notable Americans from all eras of the nation's history, from Thomas jefferson to Al Capone, whose lives speak eloquently about qualities that make one truly American. The figures in these lectures led fascinating lives helping one to gain a deeper understanding of the trends and ideas that shaped America and that continue to influence American society today

Part 2. lecture 13. Charles Grandison Finney-- the revivalist -- lecture 14. Horace Mann-- the educator -- lecture 15. Ralph Waldo Emerson-- the philosopher -- lecture 16. Frederick Douglass-- the abolitionist -- lecture 17. Edmund Ruffin-- the champion of slavery -- lecture 18. Brigham Young-- the religious autocrat -- lecture 19. Frederick Law Olmsted-- the landscape architect -- lecture 20. William Tecumseh Sherman-- the General -- lecture 21. Louisa May Alcott-- the professional writer -- lecture 22. ANdrew Carnegie-- conscience-stricken entrepreneur -- lecture 23. "Buffalo Bill"-- the westerner -- lecture 24. Black Elk-- the Holy Man --

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