The cyclical nature of American history has been noted in the four stages of the American Cycle – Founding, Abolition, Reconstruction, and Redemption/Regression – yet American society primarily recognizes only two eras: Founding and Abolition.
The Perils of Remembering Half of our History
The cyclical nature of American history has been noted in the four stages of the American Cycle – Founding, Abolition, Reconstruction, and Redemption/Regression – yet American society primarily recognizes only two eras: Founding and Abolition.