The Human Tradition in Antebellum America

Herausgeber: Morrison, Michael A

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Produktbeschreibung

This new book consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. Part of The Human Tradition in America series, the anthology paints vivid portraits of the lives of lesser-known Americans. Raisi

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780842028356
• ISBN-10: 0842028358
• Artikelnr.: 21179440

Autorenporträt

Michael A. Morrison teaches antebellum and U.S. political history at Purdue University. He is coeditor of the Journal of the Early Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Shuttles of a New Nation: The Private Lives and
Public Actions of Ordinary Americans Chapter 2 Abraham Bishop: Teacher,
Lawyer, Orator, and Politician Chapter 3 John Wesley Young: Identity and
Community among 'the People Called Methodist' Chapter 4 Trotter & Sons:
Merchants in the Early West Chapter 5 Hiram Hill: House Carpenter, Lumber
Dealer, Self-Made Man Chapter 6 Senator John Smith: The Rise and Fall of a
Frontier Entrepreneur Chapter 7 ArsÈne LacarriÈre Latour: Immigrant,
Patriot-Historian, and Foreign Agent Chapter 8 Thomas Sidney Jesup:
Soldier, Bureaucrat, Gentleman Democrat Chapter 9 John Ross: Cherokee Chief
and Defender of the Nation Chapter 10 Peter P. Pitchlynn: Race and Identity
in Nineteenth-Century America Chapter 11 Hosea Easton: Forgotten
Abolitionist 'Giant' Chapter 12 Laura Wirt Randall: A Woman's Life,
1803-1833 Chapter 13 Rebecca Reed: Anti-Catholic Agitator Chapter 14
Margaret Eaton: The Politics of Gender in Jacksonian America Chapter 15
Benjamin Tappan: Democrat, Scientist, Iconoclast Chapter 16 George
Washington Harris: The Fool from the Hills