The Idea of America: How Values Shaped Our Republic and Hold the Key to Our Future
- ISBN-10
- 0879352604
- ISBN-13
- 9780879352608
- Series
- The Idea of America
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 173
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-01
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Authors
- William Edward White, H. Michael Hartoonian, Richard D. Van Scotter
Description
Debate keeps America vibrant. Debate over what course America should take. Debate over our shared, democratic values. Debate over the extent that our shared values influence public policy—and in which direction. Far from being a sign that our democratic republic is failing, this raucous, controversial, enduring debate—this Great Debate—indicates our republic is healthy. Americans continually seek, in the words of the Preamble to the Constitution, “to form a more perfect union.” Not everyone agrees on how best to do that—and that’s where civic and civil debate comes in. Americans have debated what course the nation should take since before there was a nation.
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Other editions
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- 1977
- 230 pages
- Paperback
- Ballinger Publishing Company
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