No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American HistoryHarper & Row, 1971 - 311 pagina's Explodes such American myths as free elections, the Mason-Dixon line, free enterprise, Emancipation, and the Puritan Pilgrims. |
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Pagina 94
... British merchants and the British administration , are , in their own houses , too much on the hen - pecked establishment , to be able to carry such a measure against the Sovereign and absolute authority of their fair helpmates . " But ...
... British merchants and the British administration , are , in their own houses , too much on the hen - pecked establishment , to be able to carry such a measure against the Sovereign and absolute authority of their fair helpmates . " But ...
Pagina 100
... British troops , who had been sent to Boston at the request of the Governor , ar- rived aboard the warship Romney in 1768. Troops were felt to be necessary to preserve law and order because of popular resentment against the Townshend ...
... British troops , who had been sent to Boston at the request of the Governor , ar- rived aboard the warship Romney in 1768. Troops were felt to be necessary to preserve law and order because of popular resentment against the Townshend ...
Pagina 106
... British fort at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain . Among the " Boys " were such black men as Lemuel Haynes , Primas ... British tried to drive the Americans off Breed's Hill by a bombardment from warships . But the attempt failed . So about ...
... British fort at Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain . Among the " Boys " were such black men as Lemuel Haynes , Primas ... British tried to drive the Americans off Breed's Hill by a bombardment from warships . But the attempt failed . So about ...
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The Myth of the Puritan Pilgrim | 15 |
The Myth of the Savage | 50 |
The Myth of the Founding Fathers | 88 |
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