What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk identifies the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called a "tale of five cities" Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For an understanding of the significance of America in the twenty-first century, Russell Kirk's masterpiece on the history of American civilization is unsurpassed.
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The Roots of American Order
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Acknowledgement to the First Edition
- Contents
- Foreword
- Chapter I: Order, the First Need of All
- Chapter II: The Law and the Prophets
- Chapter III: Glory and Ruin: the Greek World
- Chapter IV: Virtue and Power: the Roman Tension
- Chapter V: the Genius of Christianity
- Chapter VI: The Light of the Middle Ages
- Chapter VII: The Reformers’ Drum
- Chapter VIII: The Constitution of Church and State
- Chapter IX: Salutary Neglect: the Colonial Order
- Chapter X: Eighteenth-Century Intellects
- Chapter XI: Declaration and Constitution
- Chapter XII: Contending against American Disorder
- Suggested Readings
- Chronology
- Index
- Copyright
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