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2. The Promised Land
Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia - who saw the New World as both paradise and hell.
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2. The Promised Land
Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia - who saw the New Worl ...
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1. The Republic Of Virtue
Robert Hughes charts the foundation of a national identity that sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome. He also looks at America's earliest major painters.
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BBC 4
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2. The Promised Land
Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia - who saw the New Worl ...
01-06-2026
BBC 4