As a City on a Hill

@inproceedings{Rodgers2018AsAC,
  title={As a City on a Hill},
  author={Daniel T. Rodgers},
  year={2018}
}
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Wilderness defines Americans, but the concept itself lacks definition, prompting premature laments of its demise and cavalier advocacy for its reformulation. I argue in this article that, in focusing…
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  • L. Brown
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    International Review of Public Policy
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Leaving the Shining City on a Hill: A Plea for Rediscovering Comparative Criminal Justice Policy in the United States
Over the past several decades, American penal exceptionalism—the tendency for U.S. penal policies and practices to proudly diverge from those of other Western countries—has severely limited the…
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The Continuity of Change? New Perspectives on U.S. Reform Movements
  • C. Lerg
  • Amerikastudien/American Studies
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Blasting Reproach and All-Pervading Light: Frederick Douglass’s Aspirational American Exceptionalism
Some scholars critique American exceptionalism as a proud, uncritical orientation. In this article, however, I argue that Frederick Douglass, an outspoken social critic, qualifies as an American…
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