Ambition, a history : from vice to virtue /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

Is "ambitious" a compliment' It depends: "[A] masterpiece of intellectual and cultural history."'David Brion Davis, author of Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World From rags to riches, log house to White House, enslaved to liberator, ghetto to C...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Casey (William Casey) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Temas:
To 1783
Ambition > Political aspects > United States > History.
Ambition > Social aspects > United States > History.
National characteristics, American > History.
Christianity and culture > United States > History.
Social values > United States > History.
Social change > United States > History.
Ambition > Social aspects > England > History.
Christianity and culture > England > History.
Ambition > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ambition > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Christianisme et civilisation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ambition > Aspect social > Angleterre > Histoire.
Christianisme et civilisation > Angleterre > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > Social History.
Christianity and culture
Civilization
National characteristics, American
Social change
Social values
United States > Civilization > To 1783.
England > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 1783.
Angleterre > Civilisation.
England
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From vice to Christian sin
  • Ambition as sin in early modern English culture : Perilous acts of self-elevation, Subversive acts of self-negation
  • The plague and countervailing passions
  • Harnessing ambition in the age of exploration
  • Epilogue.

Ejemplares similares