Round 9: Tossup 4

A book about this country by Henry Nash Smith inspired the name of the “myth and symbol” school. Political largesse in this country was likened to a “great barbecue” by the author of a book on the “Main Currents” in its thought, Vernon (10[1])Louis Parrington. (10[1])A “middle landscape” (10[1])in this country aims to reconcile technology with its “pastoral ideal” according to Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden. Progressive historians of this country like (-5[1])Charles A. Beard were criticized by members of the consensus school like Daniel Boorstin. Robert Bellah identified a “civil religion” native (10[1])to this country. (10[1])A book about this country (10[1])coined the term “tyranny of the majority” and describes (10[1])a tour of its prison system. For 10 points, name this country whose sense of exceptionalism was noted by a visiting Alexis de Tocqueville. ■END■ (10[1])

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