Author: William PRIEST (Musician)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Travels in the United States of America; commencing in ... 1793 and ending in 1797, with the author's journals of his two voyages across the Atlantic
Author: William PRIEST (Musician)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Travels in the United States of America
Author: William PriestPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429000228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A musician offers an account of his travels through the Mid-Atlantic and New England. He offers commentary on Native American contact, social life, and hunting game and fishing (a passion of his).
Monthly Review
Author: George Edward GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The Monthly Review
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Cambridge History of American Literature
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Colonial and revolutionary literature. Early national literature, pt. I
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Flowers of Literature, for ... ; Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature and Modern Manners
Author: Francis William BlagdonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Flowers of Literature
Author: The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776–1920
Author: James L. HustonPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807167460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Historians have long contested the degree to which the central tenet of the Declaration of Independence—that all men are created equal—has manifested itself in American society and national policy. According to James L. Huston, many historians have focused too intently on class differences, slavery, and inequalities arising from ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, while overlooking important areas where notions of equality flourished during the century and a half after the Declaration’s signing. In The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776–1920, Huston examines the egalitarian communities in rural northern America, particularly those enclaves that differed from the openly aristocratic cities and towns of the British Isles. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, British and American writers alike recognized that a growing philosophical rift divided the two nations: whereas Great Britain continued to embrace the inequality of its hierarchical class system, the United States professed allegiance to democratic ideals of equality—limited though these were by racial and gender norms of the day. Huston argues that the two countries engaged in an intellectual debate during the next century and a half over which ideal—equality or inequality—worked best in promoting social stability, political hegemony, and economic success. Exploring the effects of equality and inequality on many aspects of American life, he examines civil behavior, social customs, treatment of others, politics, education, religion, economic opportunity, and general public optimism. Drawing from decades of publications by American and British writers, Huston reveals the rhetorical strategies contemporary observers employed in defending or rejecting the organization of a society around broader notions of human equality. The American and British Debate Over Equality, 1776–1920 informs the modern debate over equality and inequality, not by theorizing and philosophizing, but by offering a glimpse into the practical applications of a functioning egalitarian society as compared to one that extolled monarchy and institutionalized inequality.
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