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Author:
Smith, Craig Bruce, author.
Title:
American honor : the creation of the nation's ideals during the Revolutionary era / Craig Bruce Smith.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
x, 367 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Adams, John,--1735-1826--Philosophy.
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790--Philosophy.
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Philosophy.
Washington, George,--1732-1799--Philosophy.
Adams, John,--1735-1826.
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826.
Washington, George,--1732-1799.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.
Civilization--Philosophy.
Philosophy.
United States.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What are honor, virtue, and ethics and how did they influence the American revolution? -- The old world meets the new: colonial ethical ideals before the Revolution -- A shared identity: colonial colleges and the shaping of pre-revolutionary thought -- A matter of honor and a test of virtue: riots, boycotts, and resistance during the coming of the Revolution -- Maintaining moral superiority: how ethics defined the early war years -- From tension to victory: overcoming civilian and martial differences on honor and virtue during the later war years -- Expanding ethics: the democratization of honor and virtue in the new republic -- The counterrevolution in American ethics: reinterpretations of the next generations -- March 16, 1824.
Summary:
" ... In the early eighteenth century, ideals of honor and virtue were salient aspects of Revolutionary Americans' ideological break from Europe and shared by all ranks of society, from the powdered-wig "founders" to college students, women, and African Americans. Focusing his study primarily on the 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 became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating a continuing ethical ideology that still remains"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1469638835
9781469638836
OCLC:
(OCoLC)994220173
LCCN:
2017033928
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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