This Sacred Trust: American Nationality 1798-1898

By Paul C. Nagel

Nagel's classic work deals with nineteenth-century America's coming awareness as a nation and its agonizing struggle to turn itself into a model republic. He perceptively explores the growth of American nationalism in its political, social, religious, economic, and literary implications. The resulting book is a vivid portrait of how America viewed itself, what concerned it deeply, and ultimately, of those forces in society that led to a new spirit of militant nationalism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195014294
• ISBN13: 9780195014297
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 9.0"