Author: George Washington AdamsPublisher:
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Category : Fourth of July celebrations
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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An Oration Delivered at Quincy, on the Fifth of July, 1824
Author: George Washington AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fourth of July celebrations
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
An Oration, Delivered July 5, 1824. ...
Author: John EverettPublisher:
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Category : Fourth of July orations
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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A Republic of Righteousness
Author: Jonathan D SassiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190284676
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This book examines the debate over the connection between religion and public life in society during the fifty years following the American Revolution. Sassi challenges the conventional wisdom, finding an essential continuity to the period's public Christianity, whereas most previous studies have seen this period as one in which the nation's cultural paradigm shifted from republicanism to liberal individualism. Focusing on the Congregational clergy of New England, he demonstrates that throughout this period there were Americans concerned with their corporate destiny, retaining a commitment to constructing a righteous community and assessing the cosmic meaning of the American experiment.
The Problem of Democracy
Author: Nancy IsenbergPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525557520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
"Told with authority and style. . . Crisply summarizing the Adamses' legacy, the authors stress principle over partisanship."--The Wall Street Journal How the father and son presidents foresaw the rise of the cult of personality and fought those who sought to abuse the weaknesses inherent in our democracy. Until now, no one has properly dissected the intertwined lives of the second and sixth (father and son) presidents. John and John Quincy Adams were brilliant, prickly politicians and arguably the most independently minded among leaders of the founding generation. Distrustful of blind allegiance to a political party, they brought a healthy skepticism of a brand-new system of government to the country's first 50 years. They were unpopular for their fears of the potential for demagoguery lurking in democracy, and--in a twist that predicted the turn of twenty-first century politics--they warned against, but were unable to stop, the seductive appeal of political celebrities Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. In a bold recasting of the Adamses' historical roles, The Problem of Democracy is a major critique of the ways in which their prophetic warnings have been systematically ignored over the centuries. It's also an intimate family drama that brings out the torment and personal hurt caused by the gritty conduct of early American politics. Burstein and Isenberg make sense of the presidents' somewhat iconoclastic, highly creative engagement with America's political and social realities. By taking the temperature of American democracy, from its heated origins through multiple upheavals, the authors reveal the dangers and weaknesses that have been present since the beginning. They provide a clear-eyed look at a decoy democracy that masks the reality of elite rule while remaining open, since the days of George Washington, to a very undemocratic result in the formation of a cult surrounding the person of an elected leader.
Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Principally Relating to America
Author: Edward P. BoonPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Diary: January 1820-June 1825
Author: Charles Francis AdamsPublisher:
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Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The United States Literary Gazette
Author: Great Catalogue Sale of Valuable Books, comprising over 100,000 volumes, of rare and valuable works, on law, medicine, history, science, government, philosophy, theology, &c., belonging to the estate of the late Sylvanus G. Deeth, and embracing the collection of the late Geo. Templeman. To be sold at public auction ... Washington City ... Commencing ... the 20th day of March, 1860, etc
Author: Sylvanus G. DEETHCatalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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