Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
ISBN:
9780742570351
Content:
This full-life biography includes analysis of Adams's education, political philosophy, religious attitudes, social values, and family relationships. While his extraordinary role in achieving American independence is closely analyzed, the post-independence period, including his tenure as governor of Massachusetts, is not neglected. The core theme is that Adams was unflinchingly committed to promoting and defending republican constitutions and ideals. He wanted the revolutionary generation to bequeath a land of liberty and equality to the nation's posterity.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Failure of Promise -- Chapter 2: The People Shall be Heard -- Chapter 3: The Lurking Serpent -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Principle -- Chapter 5: The Great Incendiary Confronts the Quiet Period -- Chapter 6: Britain Miscalculates and the Great Incendiary Strikes -- Chapter 7: The Helmsman of American Independence -- Chapter 8: "Zealous in the Great Cause": Winning Independence -- Chapter 9: "The Principles of Liberty": The Massachusetts Scene -- Chapter 10: "An Idolater of Republicanism" and the Nation's Constitution -- Chapter 11: "The Consistent Republican" in the Turbulent 1790s -- Epilogue: "The Patriarch of Liberty" -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; Ch01. THE FAILURE OF PROMISE; Ch02. THE PEOPLE SHALL BE HEARD; Ch03. THE LURKING SERPENT; Ch04. THE POLITICS OF PRINCIPLE; Ch05. THE GREAT INCENDIARY CONFRONTS THE QUIET PERIOD; Ch06. BRITAIN MISCALCULATES AND THE GREAT INCENDIARY STRIKES; Ch07. THE HELMSMAN OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; Ch08. "ZEALOUS IN THE GREAT CAUSE": WINNING INDEPENDENCE; Ch09. "THE PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY": THE MASSACHUSETTS SCENE; Ch10. "AN IDOLATER OF REPUBLICANISM" AND THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION; Ch11. "THE CONSISTENT REPUBLICAN" IN THE TURBULENT 1790s; EPILOGUE: "THE PATRIARCH OF LIBERTY"
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ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLESNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742570337
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742570337
Language:
English
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