In chapter 5 of Who Are We, Huntington makes many novel arguments regarding religion in America. I was surprised to hear about the supreme court case in which voted to take the words “under God” out of the pledge of allegiance. Many… Read moreWho Are We Chapter 5 Reaction
Chapter 4 of Who Are We? discusses Anglo-Protestant Culture. Huntington asserts an interesting point that America would not the same as it is today if it had not been inhabited by British Protestants. If it were inhabited by French, Spanish, or Portuguese… Read moreWho Are We Chapter 4 ERA
Tocqueville has a lot of interesting assertions regarding the three races that existed early on in America: the white man, the African American, and the Indian or the native American. Tocqueville draws extensively upon the idea that he mentions in… Read more“The Present and Probably Future Condition of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States” reaction
Tocqueville sets up an interesting contrast between those who migrated to the shores of New England and those who migrated to the south. The settlers of the shores of New England were groups such as puritans, who sought religious freedom,… Read more“Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans” reflection
Tocqueville’s analysis of Native American lifestyle as opposed to an aristocratic lifestyle is enthralling, especially considering it was written in the early 1800s. His analysis has parallels to points he makes in “How Equality Suggests to the Americans the Idea… Read more“The Exterior Form of North America” reaction