Format:
XVI, 208 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0691122369
,
0691115524
Content:
"The American Revolution swept away old certainties and forced revolutionaries to consider what it meant to be American. Andrew Trees examines four attempts to answer the question of national identity that Americans faced in the wake of the Revolution. Through the writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, Trees explores a complicated political world in which boundaries between the personal and the political were fluid and ill-defined. Melding history and literary study, he shows how this unsettled landscape challenged and sometimes confounded the founders' attempts to forge their own - and the nation's - identity."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
USA Government
;
Founding fathers
;
Charakter
;
Wert
;
USA
;
Revolution
;
Staat
;
Gründung
;
Politiker
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Geschichte 1775-1783
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