Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585–1828Harper Collins, 2009 M03 30 - 667 páginas This powerful reinterpretation of United States history is remarkable not only for its scholarship and historical breadth, but also in its assertion that the success of the country depends in a large part on the unique American character, which has shaped so many historic events. In the first of a projected three-volume series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter A. McDougall argues that the creation of the United States is the central event in the last four hundred years of world history. Freedom Just Around the Corner masterfully chronicles the earliest years of this nation, revealing that the genius behind the success of the United States is not based on the works and ideas of one person, but rather on the complex, irrepressible American spirit. A professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, Walter A. McDougall is the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heavens and the Earth and Let the Sea Make a Noise..., Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era 1829-1877, and Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two teenage children. “The chapter on the framing of the Constitution should be required reading ... Walter McDougall is a historian with a masterful grasp of his subject.” — Claude Crowley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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... English chivalry, driven by king, church, and honor, defiantly charge the fort until all 25,000 are electrocuted, blown to bits, drowned, or riddled by bullets. Morgan and his boys feel nothing but pride until, the next morning, a ...
... English chivalry, driven by king, church, and honor, defiantly charge the fort until all 25,000 are electrocuted, blown to bits, drowned, or riddled by bullets. Morgan and his boys feel nothing but pride until, the next morning, a ...
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... English. Expansion. T. he United States grew out of thirteen colonies planted by England over the course of 125 years ... English development contrasted sharply with that of France, Spain, or the Holy Roman Empire. Those special facets of ...
... English. Expansion. T. he United States grew out of thirteen colonies planted by England over the course of 125 years ... English development contrasted sharply with that of France, Spain, or the Holy Roman Empire. Those special facets of ...
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... English Common Law tradition, unknown on the continent, was surely one necessary condition. Anglo-Saxons carried over from northern Germany the habit of resolving disputes by appeal to local customs as interpreted by judges according to ...
... English Common Law tradition, unknown on the continent, was surely one necessary condition. Anglo-Saxons carried over from northern Germany the habit of resolving disputes by appeal to local customs as interpreted by judges according to ...
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... English Husbandman (1613), the English knighthood, once expert at little besides bashing heads, learned to match crops to soil and climate, fertilize, plant, and graft, dress vines, prune fruit trees, breed livestock, and prescribe for ...
... English Husbandman (1613), the English knighthood, once expert at little besides bashing heads, learned to match crops to soil and climate, fertilize, plant, and graft, dress vines, prune fruit trees, breed livestock, and prescribe for ...
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... English commerce became the family firm and the network of business ties based on kinship or religious affinity, the better to foster trust. Inheritance across generations also hastened the accumulation of capital and transfer of skills ...
... English commerce became the family firm and the network of business ties based on kinship or religious affinity, the better to foster trust. Inheritance across generations also hastened the accumulation of capital and transfer of skills ...
Contenido
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Barbadians Yorkers and Quakers | 71 |
Papists Witches Scofflaws and Preachers | 99 |
Germans Four Sorts of Britons and Africans | 136 |
Soldiers Speculators and Savages | 168 |
Sons of Liberty and TwoBottle Tyrants | 202 |
Patriots Tories Slackers and Spies | 239 |
Reluctant Nationalists Eager Imperialists | 371 |
Engineers Pioneers Peddlers and Democrats | 422 |
Travelers | 492 |
Apotheosis and Apocalypse in American Culture c 1830 | 498 |
Notes | 515 |
maps | 556 |
Ratifying the Federal Constitution 309 | 565 |
Slavery in the United States 1821 | 597 |
Federalists Antis Vestals and Victims | 280 |
Master Builders Party Men and a Rogue | 321 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585–1828 Walter A. McDougall Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 Walter A. McDougall Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History: 1585-1828 Walter A. McDougall Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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