Provid and Invent of US, 1607-1876

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.

Author: Nicholas Guyatt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521687300

About the Author
Guyatt, Nicholas: - 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.