Without resolution : the Jeffersonian tension in American nationalism -- A different kind of independence : the postwar restructuring of the historical study of early America -- The American heritage : the heirs and the "disinherited" -- Recovering America's historic diversity : beyond exceptionalism -- The enlightenment project in a postmodernist age -- One good turn deserves another : moving beyond the linguistic : a response to David Harlan -- The power of history -- Presidents, congress, and courts : partisan passions in motion -- The vexed story of capitalism told by American historians.