Public Lives, Private Virtues - Images of American Revolutionary War Heroes, 1782-1832 (Hardcover)

Public Lives, Private Virtues surveys portraits of American Revolutionary heroes in books, magazines, and school texts from 1782 to 1832 and relates these sketches to cultural changes of the period. The fifty years following the Revolution saw biography shift from historical narration to description of private experience. During this period magazine editors in the mid-Atlantic and New England states occasionally wrote sketches of heroes to provide readers with examples of virtue, but their major contribution was to publish original graphic portraits.
In all their forms during this period, narratives and portraits of Revolutionary heroes extolled classical virtues even though the rise of commerce and Americans' pursuit of individual wealth made these virtues anachronistic.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Release date:	April 2000
First published:	2017
Authors:	Christopher Harris
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3482-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Land forces & warfare > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-8153-3482-6
Barcode:	9780815334828

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