The Idea of America: A Reassessment of the American Experiment
- ISBN-10
- 0884103617
- ISBN-13
- 9780884103615
- Series
- The Idea of America
- Category
- History / United States / General
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Ballinger Publishing Company
- Author
- Elie Maynard Adams
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