After the Revolution : profiles of early American culture /
An entrepreneur, a writer who wanted to depict an ideal society, a dramatist who tried to reconcile high aesthetic standards and populism, and a Connecticut Yankee who ran into the contradictions of conservatism and liberalism -- each of the four men depicted in this book had a vision of what kind o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Norton,
2002.
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| Summary: | An entrepreneur, a writer who wanted to depict an ideal society, a dramatist who tried to reconcile high aesthetic standards and populism, and a Connecticut Yankee who ran into the contradictions of conservatism and liberalism -- each of the four men depicted in this book had a vision of what kind of society post-Revolutionary America should be. Through portraits of these bellwether figures, historian Joseph J. Ellis examines the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 1979. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 256 p. : ports. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0393322335 (pbk.) |