UID:
almahu_9949597017602882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781469638850 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
North Carolina scholarship online
Content:
The American Revolution was not only a revolution for liberty and freedom, it was also a revolution of ethics, reshaping what colonial Americans understood as 'honor' and 'virtue.' As Craig Bruce Smith demonstrates, these concepts were crucial aspects of Revolutionary Americans' ideological break from Europe and shared by all ranks of society. Focusing his study primarily on prominent Americans who came of age before and during the Revolution-notably John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington-Smith shows how a colonial ethical transformation caused and became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating an ethical ideology that still remains.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781469638836
Language:
English
URL:
North Carolina scholarship online
