The US two-party system has its origins in the opposition between federalists and antifederalists in the first years after independence, but only since the second half of the 19th century did American political life become polarized in the confrontation between Democrats and Republicans. which we know today. Over time, attempts to expand the system to… Read More »
The principle of absolute religious freedom, based on the strict and total separation of churches from the state, has not always prevailed in the United States; indeed, originally, the same colonies founded by the dissidents did not even know tolerance. And of the “pilgrim fathers” who emigrated to Massachusetts it could be said, paradoxically but… Read More »
Roughly speaking, with the end of the Second World War, a period of reorganization and rethinking began. American literature spread spectacularly in recent years not only abroad (in Italy the critical essays relating to American literature quadrupled compared to those published in the twenty years 1928-48), but in the United States itself. The refined and… Read More »
North America’s oldest history is particularly linked to the indigenous people who lived on the continent before European colonization. The European conquest began in the 16th century, from Spain, France and England, among others. Of these, England, later the United Kingdom, eventually became the strongest colonial power. The independence of the United States as a… Read More »