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Representative Americans

The Revolutionary Generation

Autor: Norman K. Risjord

Jazyk:

Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Rowman & Littlefield

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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Each generation of Americans has a special flavor, a character of its own. Sometimes a memorable dec...

Informace o knize

Autor

Norman K. Risjord

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2001

Stránek

352

EAN

9780742520752

ISBN

0742520757

Enbook ID

04904780

Vydavatel

Rowman & Littlefield

Hmotnost

530

Rozměry

151 x 232 x 20

Kompletní popis

Each generation of Americans has a special flavor, a character of its own. Sometimes a memorable decade, such as the "Gay Nineties" or the "Roaring Twenties," imprinted the generation that lived and outlived it. Yet no simple rubric comes easily to mind when one thinks of the Revolutionary generation. Their accomplishments were too grand, their interests too varied, to be encompassed in a single phrase. Risjord divides this book into three sections, each exploring one of the era's dominant themes. The first section, "Nation Builders" follows the careers of military men such as George Washington and Francis Marion and examines life on the homefront through the eyes of Abigail Adams. The section headed "Character Builders" examines the lives of people who sought to mold an American national character, men such as Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin Rush, and Noah Webster. The last section explores the paradox that the Revolutionary generation also gave birth to an empire in which self-governing people ruled-sometimes tyrannically-over others. The founders of the American republic were preoccupied with the fundamentals of society and government. This book reflects this concern and also explores the lives of individuals who contributed to science and the arts.