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The quality of the American character, the structure of American
society, and the meaning of America's historical experience all had
important implications for John Adams' political thought. Professor
Howe explores the relationships that developed between the
satisfactions of Adam's life and Adams' outlook on American
society. He concludes that as Adams' understanding of the American
character and its values changed, so did his evaluation of American
society and its political problems. Originally published in 1966.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
The quality of the American character, the structure of American
society, and the meaning of America's historical experience all had
important implications for John Adams' political thought. Professor
Howe explores the relationships that developed between the
satisfactions of Adam's life and Adams' outlook on American
society. He concludes that as Adams' understanding of the American
character and its values changed, so did his evaluation of American
society and its political problems. Originally published in 1966.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
Between the Declaration of Independence and the federal
constitution, the American revolutionary generation produced an
enormous body of writing on political matters. Using the written
word as an instrument of political action, they articulated
ideologies, negotiated conflicts, and charted the future of a new
nation. In the process, John Howe argues, American writers effected
a fundamental transformation in the nature and expressive purposes
of political language. Turning away from earlier assumptions about
the capacity of language to capture universal truths and contain
human behavior, they fashioned a new discursive practice based on
the recognition that the language of politics, far from being fixed
or even stable in structure and meaning, evolves over time.
Securely in place by 1790 and clearly evident in the Federalist
papers, this new language of political experimentation was well
suited to the rapidly changing, open ended circumstances of
American life. More than that, it proved essential to the emergence
of a democratic politics. As Howe shows, only when language came to
be used for the continuing exploration of political truth, only
when it served to further popular discussion of contested ideas,
could the construction of a genuinely democratic dialogue proceed.
By challenging the notion that the founders of the republic were
fully confident about the clarity or permanence of their language,
this book also has implications for the ongoing debate over the
doctrine of original intent. According to Howe, the framers
understood the constitution to be the product of a hurried and
contentious process, reflective of the limitations of human
intellect and the imperfections of human language. They saw it, in
short, as but an approximation of universal truth, an approximation
that future generations were certain to improve.
Providing students with a thought-provoking account of America's
past, "The American People" examines how American society assumed
its present shape and developed its present forms of government.
Emphasizing the interaction of ordinary Americans with
extraordinary events, the text combines the discussion of political
events with analysis of their impact on social and economic life.
The comprehensive narrative encompasses description of the lives
and experiences of Americans of all national origins and cultural
backgrounds, at all class levels of society, and in all regions of
the country. The thoughtful analysis seeks the connections among
the political, social, economic, technological, and cultural
factors that have shaped and reshaped American society over four
centuries.
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American People, Brief Edition, The, Volume II, Books a la Carte Plus Myhistorylab Blackboard/Webct (Book, 5th ed.)
Gary B. Nash, Julie Roy Jeffrey, John R. Howe, Peter J. Frederick, Allen F Davis, …
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