Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Identifying the American Exception -- 1.2.Questioning the American Exception -- 1.3.Studying the American Exception -- 1.4.Agenda -- References -- 2."A Shining City"? Perspectives on the American Exception -- 2.1.Americans and the American Exception -- 2.2.Tocqueville and the American Exception -- 2.3.Socialism and the American Exception -- 2.4.Anti-Americanism and the American Exception -- References -- 3."A Sea of Faith": The American Religious Exception -- 3.1.Megachurches and the American Religious Exception -- 3.2.Evangelicalism and the American Religious Exception -- 3.3.Civil Religion and American Identity -- 3.4.Exporting America's God -- References -- 4."Equal Justice under Law": The American Legal Exception -- 4.1.Capital Punishment and the American Legal Exception -- 4.2.Adversarial Legalism and the American Legal Exception -- 4.3.The Constitution and American Identity -- 4.4.The U.S. in International Law -- References -- 5."Almost an Island unto Itself": The American Sports Exception -- 5.1.Baseball and the American Sports Exception -- 5.2.Football and the American Sports Exception -- 5.3.Race, Sports, and American Identity -- 5.4.America in Global Games -- References.
