A CLOSED-DOOR POLICY As the "city upon a hill," America used to welcome immigrants from all over the world with open arms. But for Chinese scientists and scholars, this has clearly not been the case in recent years. According to available data, nearly 300 Chinese nationals, including more ...
doi:10.1353/ecs.2021.0057AMERICAN exceptionalismUNITED States historyWHITE supremacyField, Jonathan BeecherEighteenth-Century Studies
As a country established by pious Puritans with strict moral principles, it seems that the United States has forgotten what Moses taught in the Ten Commandments -- "Thou shalt not steal." Instead of building a City Upon a Hill, the United States has built a City Upon Theft. Enditem (The ...
City on a hill : a history of ideas and myths in America City on a hill: A history of ideas and myths in America. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author:Baritz, Loren (b. 1928, d. ---. PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.). SERIES TITLE:YEAR: 1980. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN...
"A SHINING CITY ON A HILL": AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE SUPREME COURT'S PRACTICE OF RELYING ON FOREIGN LAW. The article discusses the U.S. exceptionalism and the dependence of the U.S. Supreme Court on foreign law. It mentions that the popular culture in this country overwhelmingly ...
* City upon a Hill 山巅之城 …wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies [eyes] of all people are upon us. Soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our God in this worke wee have undertaken, and soe cause him to withdrawe his present help from us, ...
America as the city upon a hill: An historical, philosophical, and theological critique of the historiographical construal of America as a Christian nation This dissertation offers a critique of the idea that America is a Christian nation, either by virtue of its founding as such or because of ...
The topos of "a city on a hill", which presupposes the conflation of America's past (Eden) and future (New Jerusalem), is reworked as the eponymous pesthouse—the place of disease and recovery of not only the novel's protagonist but also, implicitly, of the American dream. In the ...
We often hear people say thatAmericais a land of opportunity, a country built on hope to aspire to greatness on the American Dream. 2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C While Maple Hill's conversion program is unusually hands on and comprehensive, it's just one of a growing number ...
Image via The Hill This article was originally published on Common Edge. The passage of the Biden Administration’s climate change package, the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” has predictably split along partisan lines, with Republicans characterizing the bill as an act of reckless government...