Beyond the Farm : : National Ambitions in Rural New England / / J. M. Opal.
During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged in American culture. Long stigmatized as a dangerous passion that led people to pursue fame at the expense of duty, ambition also raised concerns among American Revolutionarie...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 18 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue: In Search of Ambition
- Introduction: Ambition and the American Founding
- 1. Finding Independence
- 2. Creating Commerce
- 3. Opening Households
- 4. Exciting Emulation
- 5. Seeking Livelihoods
- 6. Pursuing Distinction
- Epilogue: Worlds Gained and Lost
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index