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Revolutionary prophecies : the founders and America's future /

"Collections of essays often struggle to cohere, but the thesis of "Revolutionary Prophecies" is clear. Traditionally, the term "revolution" suggested circular motion: the rise and fall of classical republics and modern dynasties followed the same inevitable pattern. The Ame...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Revolutionary Prophecies (Conference) Saint Louis, Missouri)
Otros Autores: McDonald, Robert M. S., 1970- (Editor ), Onuf, Peter S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Colección:Jeffersonian America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Raconteur, Memorialist, Founder: Benjamin Franklin Meets Himself in History / Robert A. Ferguson
  • Yankee Continentalism: The Provincial Roots of John Adams's Vision for American Union, 1755-1776 / J. Patrick Mullins
  • George Washington's Vision for the United States / Kenneth R. Bowling
  • Agrarian Founders: Three "Rebellions" as Legitimate Opposition, 1786-1799 / Paul Douglas Newman
  • The Sovereign People: Indians, Treaties, and the Subversion of the Founders' Colonialist Vision / David Andrew Nichols
  • "Arraying Him against Himself": The Jefferson Presidency and the American Future through the Eyes of Alexander Hamilton / Todd Estes
  • James Madison and American Nationality: The View from Virginia / Drew R. McCoy
  • Mastery over Slaves, Sovereignty over Slavery: James Monroe, Virginia, and the Missouri Crisis / John Craig Hammond
  • Antiquarian America: Isaiah Thomas and the New Nation's Future / Peter S. Onuf
  • Afterword: The Contradictions and Paradoxes of American Future-Gazing / Joanne B. Freeman.