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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... land speculators , soldiers , black slaves and quadroons , Mormons , Jews , Papists , and Baptists , jesters , teetotalers , and Yankee peddlers : “ in short , a piebald parliament ” of “ that multiform pilgrim species , man . " 2 All ...
... land speculators , soldiers , black slaves and quadroons , Mormons , Jews , Papists , and Baptists , jesters , teetotalers , and Yankee peddlers : “ in short , a piebald parliament ” of “ that multiform pilgrim species , man . " 2 All ...
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... land was still plenti- ful , cheap , and promising ? But deeper causes included Virginia's post - Civil War poverty , their kinfolk's prior migration , and the American farmer's canny instinct that land is ultimately more valuable than ...
... land was still plenti- ful , cheap , and promising ? But deeper causes included Virginia's post - Civil War poverty , their kinfolk's prior migration , and the American farmer's canny instinct that land is ultimately more valuable than ...
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... land have learned to exploit new crops and methods . Having fallen in love with Nebraska , she sits her brothers down at the kitchen table and lays out a plan . “ The [ river ] land sells for three times as much as this , but in five ...
... land have learned to exploit new crops and methods . Having fallen in love with Nebraska , she sits her brothers down at the kitchen table and lays out a plan . “ The [ river ] land sells for three times as much as this , but in five ...
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... land . She hotly declares she will do as she pleases with her land . What do you mean “ your ” land , the older brother retorts : all their acquisitions came from mortgages the boys helped to pay off . “ What about my work ? " asks ...
... land . She hotly declares she will do as she pleases with her land . What do you mean “ your ” land , the older brother retorts : all their acquisitions came from mortgages the boys helped to pay off . “ What about my work ? " asks ...
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... land, labor, and basic commodities occurred first in England is a matter of debate in which cause and effect are ... land previously frozen under Frankish law to be legal tender for the payment of court judgments in England. Finally, the ...
... land, labor, and basic commodities occurred first in England is a matter of debate in which cause and effect are ... land previously frozen under Frankish law to be legal tender for the payment of court judgments in England. Finally, the ...
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BARBADIANS YORKERS AND QUAKERS | 71 |
PAPISTS WITCHES SCOFFLAWS AND PREACHERS | 99 |
LINGUISTIC FAMILIES OF NORTH AMERICA | 102 |
SOLDIERS SPECULATORS AND SAVAGES | 168 |
NORTH AMERICA EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1763 | 199 |
SONS OF LIBERTY AND TwoBOTTLE TYRANTS | 202 |
CAMPAIGNS in New York STATE | 258 |
THE SIEGE OF Yorktown | 275 |
RATIFYING THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION | 309 |
THE WAR OF 1812 | 420 |
SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES 1821 | 471 |
GERMANS FOUR SORTS OF BRITONS AND AFRICANS | 136 |
ENGLISH COLONIES | 143 |
CANALS AND THE CUMBERLAND ROAD 17851850 | 493 |
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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