The American Republic [[electronic resource] ] : primary sources / / edited by Bruce Frohnen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (769 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FrohnenBruce |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61487-797-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Colonial settlements -- pt. 2. Religious society and religious liberty in early America -- pt. 3. Defending the charters -- pt. 4. The war for independence -- pt. 5. A new constitution -- pt. 6. The Bill of Rights -- pt. 7. State versus federal authority -- pt. 8. Forging a nation -- pt. 9. Prelude to war. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462463303321 |
Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c2002 | ||
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The American Republic [[electronic resource] ] : primary sources / / edited by Bruce Frohnen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (769 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FrohnenBruce |
ISBN | 1-61487-797-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Colonial settlements -- pt. 2. Religious society and religious liberty in early America -- pt. 3. Defending the charters -- pt. 4. The war for independence -- pt. 5. A new constitution -- pt. 6. The Bill of Rights -- pt. 7. State versus federal authority -- pt. 8. Forging a nation -- pt. 9. Prelude to war. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786381103321 |
Indianapolis, : Liberty Fund, c2002 | ||
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Boisterous Sea of Liberty [[electronic resource] ] : A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War |
Autore | Davis David Brion |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (607 p.) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MintzSteven |
Soggetto topico |
United States - General
Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology |
ISBN |
0-19-028346-7
0-19-972896-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1. FIRST ENCOUNTERS; The Meaning of America; 1. ""They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they capable of using them""; Utilizing the Native Labor Force; 2. ""With fifty men they can all be subjugated and made to do what is required of them""; New World Fantasies; 3. ""All slavery, and drudgery...is done by bondsmen""; Labor Needs; 4. ""This is the best land in the world for Negroes""; The Black Legend; 5. ""Under the guise of developing the country, the Christians (as they call themselves)...engaged in plunder and slaughter""
A Critique of the Slave Trade6. ""A thousand acts of robbery and violence are committed in the course of bartering and carrying off Negroes""; PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO; Justifications for English Involvement in the New World; 1. ""The Kings of Spain...have rooted out above fifteen millions of reasonable creatures""; A Rationale for New World Colonization; 2. ""All...our...trades in all Europe...may...{count} for little...{compared with} America""; England's First Enduring North American Settlement 3. ""Being ready with clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas...got his head in her arms""Life in Early Virginia; 4. ""My brother and my wife are dead""; Race War in Virginia; 5. ""They basely and barbarously murdered, not sparing either age or sex""; Indentured Servitude; 6. ""{Virginia} is reported to be an unhealthy place, a nest of Rogues...{and} dissolute...persons""; The Shift to Slavery; 7. ""All children...shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother""; Regional Contrasts 8. ""We walked in the woods amongst wild beasts...at least 20 miles,...expecting to die""The Pilgrims Arrive in Plymouth; 9. ""In 2 or 3 months times, half of their company died""; Reasons for Puritan Immigration; 10. ""Most children...are perverted, corrupted, & utterly overthrown by the multitude of evil examples""; The Idea of the Covenant; 11. ""Some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power...others mean and in subjection""; Servitude in New England; 12. ""{Ill} reports is given of my Wyfe for beatinge the maid""; Mounting Conflict with Native Americans 13. ""For the number of our people...be in all about 4000 souls""Native Americans as Active Agents; 14. ""The Monhiggin {Mohican}...refuseth to part with his prey""; Puritan Economics; 15. Some false principles are these""; King Philip's War; 16. ""Various are the reports...of the causes of the present Indian warre""; Struggles for Power; 17. ""Take, kill, & destroy {th}e enemy without limitation of place or time""; An Indian Slave Woman Confesses to Witchcraft; 18. ""Tituba an Indian woman {was} brought before us...upon Suspicion of witchcraft"" 19. ""The devil is now making one attempt more upon us"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797763403321 |
Davis David Brion
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Jefferson in his own time [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / / edited by Kevin J. Hayes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.4/6092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HayesKevin J |
Collana | Writers in their own time |
Soggetto topico | Founding Fathers of the United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60938-138-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chronology -- Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, [A conversation always varied and interesting] -- Abigail Adams Smith, [A man of great sensibility and parental affection] (1784-1785) -- Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, [A stock of information not inferior to that of any man] -- Samuel Harrison Smith, [Fourth of July at the president's mansion] (1801 and 1803) -- Samuel L. Mitchill, [Visiting the president's mansion] (1802-1803) -- John Quincy Adams, [Large stories] (1804-1809) -- Joseph Story, [The marks of intense thought and perseverance] -- Margaret Bayard Smith, [The habitation of philosophy and virtue] (1809 and 1837) -- John Edwards Caldwell, The sage of Monticello -- John Melish, Interview with Mr. Jefferson -- Philip Mazzei, [An Italian friend remembers Virginia and France] -- George Ticknor, [Man of the Mountain] -- Francis Hall, Monticello -- Adam Hodgson, [A philosophical legislator] -- Daniel Webster, Memorandum of Mr. Jefferson's conversations -- Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, [From the University of Virginia to Monticello] -- John Bernard, Recollections of President Jefferson -- Martha Jefferson Randolph, [A father's grief, a daughter's memories] -- Virginia J. Randolph Trist, [Fond memories from a grandaughter] -- John Trumbull, [Of art and religion] -- Augustus J. Foster, [A visionary who loved to dream eyes wide open] -- Daniel Pierce Thompson, [Talking with Jefferson: two accounts] (1841 and 1863) -- Francis T. Brooke, [A man of easy and ingratiating manners] -- Robley Dunglison, [The last days of Thomas Jefferson] -- Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge, [What Jefferson was like as a grandfather] (ca. 1856) -- Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [The life and death of Thomas Jefferson] (ca. 1857) -- Edmund Bacon, [Daily life at Monticello] -- Henry Tutwiler, Thomas Jefferson -- George Long, [Jefferson and the boy professor]. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462157903321 |
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 | ||
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Jefferson in his own time [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / / edited by Kevin J. Hayes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.4/6092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HayesKevin J |
Collana | Writers in their own time |
Soggetto topico | Founding Fathers of the United States |
ISBN | 1-60938-138-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chronology -- Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, [A conversation always varied and interesting] -- Abigail Adams Smith, [A man of great sensibility and parental affection] (1784-1785) -- Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, [A stock of information not inferior to that of any man] -- Samuel Harrison Smith, [Fourth of July at the president's mansion] (1801 and 1803) -- Samuel L. Mitchill, [Visiting the president's mansion] (1802-1803) -- John Quincy Adams, [Large stories] (1804-1809) -- Joseph Story, [The marks of intense thought and perseverance] -- Margaret Bayard Smith, [The habitation of philosophy and virtue] (1809 and 1837) -- John Edwards Caldwell, The sage of Monticello -- John Melish, Interview with Mr. Jefferson -- Philip Mazzei, [An Italian friend remembers Virginia and France] -- George Ticknor, [Man of the Mountain] -- Francis Hall, Monticello -- Adam Hodgson, [A philosophical legislator] -- Daniel Webster, Memorandum of Mr. Jefferson's conversations -- Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, [From the University of Virginia to Monticello] -- John Bernard, Recollections of President Jefferson -- Martha Jefferson Randolph, [A father's grief, a daughter's memories] -- Virginia J. Randolph Trist, [Fond memories from a grandaughter] -- John Trumbull, [Of art and religion] -- Augustus J. Foster, [A visionary who loved to dream eyes wide open] -- Daniel Pierce Thompson, [Talking with Jefferson: two accounts] (1841 and 1863) -- Francis T. Brooke, [A man of easy and ingratiating manners] -- Robley Dunglison, [The last days of Thomas Jefferson] -- Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge, [What Jefferson was like as a grandfather] (ca. 1856) -- Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [The life and death of Thomas Jefferson] (ca. 1857) -- Edmund Bacon, [Daily life at Monticello] -- Henry Tutwiler, Thomas Jefferson -- George Long, [Jefferson and the boy professor]. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785882903321 |
Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2012 | ||
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