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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... meant all America beyond existing Spanish settlements was res nul- lius and up for grabs by anyone who could plant colonies and make them stick . In England's emerging free market in land , those who enclosed and improved property ...
... meant all America beyond existing Spanish settlements was res nul- lius and up for grabs by anyone who could plant colonies and make them stick . In England's emerging free market in land , those who enclosed and improved property ...
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... 39 John Locke provided the classic formulation of the English theory of property in his Second Treatise of Government. “In the beginning all the world was America,” by which he meant not that the natural 36 freedom just around the corner.
... 39 John Locke provided the classic formulation of the English theory of property in his Second Treatise of Government. “In the beginning all the world was America,” by which he meant not that the natural 36 freedom just around the corner.
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... meant not that the natural world was free, but unde- veloped and thus no one's property. Asia and Europe had long since advanced in civilization, but America remained in a primitive state in which “the Inhabitants were too few for the ...
... meant not that the natural world was free, but unde- veloped and thus no one's property. Asia and Europe had long since advanced in civilization, but America remained in a primitive state in which “the Inhabitants were too few for the ...
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... meant the proprietor enjoyed all the prerogatives of a feudal lord without the restriction of inalienable tenure. He could sub-grant any of the 10 million acres at his per- sonal disposal, or rent it, or sell it in a market of his own ...
... meant the proprietor enjoyed all the prerogatives of a feudal lord without the restriction of inalienable tenure. He could sub-grant any of the 10 million acres at his per- sonal disposal, or rent it, or sell it in a market of his own ...
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... meant only a third of the passengers boarding the Mayflower in September 1620 were Pilgrims. The captain chose not to sail south to the Azores, pick up the trade winds, then coast northward to their planned destination in Long Island ...
... meant only a third of the passengers boarding the Mayflower in September 1620 were Pilgrims. The captain chose not to sail south to the Azores, pick up the trade winds, then coast northward to their planned destination in Long Island ...
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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 |
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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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