Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics - Couverture souple

Withington, Ann Fairfax

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195101308 ISBN 13 : 9780195101300

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Withington Ann Fairfax

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

A convincing account, written with unusual wit and style of the manner in which colonial American self-righteousness and self-denials contributed to a change of sensibility that prepared the way for Independence. (William & Mary Quarterly)

This is a wonderful book, exploiting materials and problems rarely considered in the same frame as the origins of the revolution....An exuberant romp through known and unknown corridors of eighteenth-century culture and politics, this book will entertain and challenge all historians of Revolutionary America. (American Historical Review)

Withington's book is imaginative and carefully argued and makes a major contribution to the ongoing debate over the meaning of American republicanism. (The Historian)

This book happens to be a particularly bright and imaginative exemplar of that genre which repays a careful reading with many original and important insights into our revolutionary past. (Journal of Interdisciplinary History)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is a book about how the United States Congress tried to impose an austere standard on various popular entertainments and activities during the 1760's and 1770's, and what the popular reaction was to this attempt.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195101308
• ISBN 13: 9780195101300
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306