Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped
define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the
Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a
diplomat. Joined by his wife, Abigail, in 1784, the two shared rich
encounters with famous heads of the European royal courts,
including the ill-fated King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette,
and the staid British Monarchs King George III and Queen Charlotte.
In this engaging narrative, A View from Abroad takes us on the
first full exploration of the Adams’s lives abroad. Jeanne E.
Abrams reveals how the journeys of John and Abigail Adams not only
changed the course of their intellectual, political, and cultural
development—transforming the couple from provincials to
sophisticated world travelers—but most importantly served to
strengthen their loyalty to America. Abrams shines a new light on
how the Adamses and their American contemporaries set about
supplanting their British origins with a new American identity.
They and their fellow Americans grappled with how to reorder their
society as the new nation took its place in the international
transatlantic world. After just a short time abroad, Abigail
maintained that, “My Heart and Soul is more American than ever.
We are a family by ourselves.” The Adamses’ quest to define
what it means to be an American, and the answers they discovered in
their time abroad, still resonate with us to this day.
General
| Imprint: |
New York University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Jeanne E Abrams
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4798-2745-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4798-2745-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781479827459 |
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