The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 страница This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... Jefferson in 1818 , and Jefferson's retelling of it through the Philadelphia journalist Robert Walsh , and then through James Madison , should give pause . Why should the author of the Declaration of Independence want to publicize this ...
... Jefferson in 1818 , and Jefferson's retelling of it through the Philadelphia journalist Robert Walsh , and then through James Madison , should give pause . Why should the author of the Declaration of Independence want to publicize this ...
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... Jefferson gives Franklin's anecdote as conclusive external evidence for his own claim . The striking thing about this debate is that Adams and Jefferson are both correct . Adams's stress upon the committee structure that produces the ...
... Jefferson gives Franklin's anecdote as conclusive external evidence for his own claim . The striking thing about this debate is that Adams and Jefferson are both correct . Adams's stress upon the committee structure that produces the ...
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... Jefferson's hands , a matter of conscious choice among emigrating peoples . We are close to a wholly new conception : namely , that monarchy itself might constitute an unnatural form of government on the fresh Ameri- can strand .
... Jefferson's hands , a matter of conscious choice among emigrating peoples . We are close to a wholly new conception : namely , that monarchy itself might constitute an unnatural form of government on the fresh Ameri- can strand .
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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