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Autore |
Ferguson Robert A. <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Reading the early republic / / Robert A. Ferguson |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (374 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political culture - United States - History - 18th century - Historiography |
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century |
English language - United States - Rhetoric |
English language - United States - Style |
Criticism, Textual |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Historiography |
United States History 1783-1815 Historiography |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources |
United States History 1783-1815 Sources |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[292]-351) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Earliness of the Early Republic 2. The Dialectic of Liberty 3. The Commonalities of Common Sense 4. Becoming American 5. The Forgotten Publius 6. Finding Rome in America 7. Gabriel's Rebellion 8. Jefferson at Monticello 9. Charity in the City of Brotherly Love 10. The Last Early Republican Text Epilogue Notes Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Reading the Early Republics' focuses attention on the forgotten dynamism of thought in the founding era. In every case, the documents, novels, pamphlets, sermons, journals, and slave narratives of the early American nation are richer and more intricate than modern readers have perceived. |
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