American Honor : The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era /

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" ... In the early eighteenth century, ideals of honor and virtue were salient aspects of Revolutionary Americans' ideological break from Europe and shared by all ranks of society, from the powdered-wig "founders" to college students, women, and African Americans. Focusing his st...

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Main Author: Smith, Craig Bruce (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790.
Adams, John, > 1735-1826.
Adams, John, > 1735-1826 > Philosophy.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Philosophy.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Philosophy.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Civilization > Philosophy.
Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect social.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
United States > Civilization > Philosophy.
United States > History > Philosophy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What are honor, virtue, and ethics and how did they influence the American revolution?
  • The old world meets the new: colonial ethical ideals before the Revolution
  • A shared identity: colonial colleges and the shaping of pre-revolutionary thought
  • A matter of honor and a test of virtue: riots, boycotts, and resistance during the coming of the Revolution
  • Maintaining moral superiority: how ethics defined the early war years
  • From tension to victory: overcoming civilian and martial differences on honor and virtue during the later war years
  • Expanding ethics: the democratization of honor and virtue in the new republic
  • The counterrevolution in American ethics: reinterpretations of the next generations
  • March 16, 1824.

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