About this title: Originally published in 1997 and now back in print, Making the American Self by Daniel Walker Howe, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought, charts the genesis and fascinating trajectory of a central idea in American history. One of the most precious liberties Americans have always cherished is the ability to "make something of themselves"--to choose not only an occupation but an identity. Examining works by Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and others, Howe investigates how ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780195387896ISBN:0195387899
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780195387896ISBN:0195387899
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 234x156 mm. (352) many early americans sought the opportunity to "make something of themselves"-not only to choose an occupation but to fulfill their potential, to engage in "self-improvement. " this book reconstructs their project from the time of jonathan edwards and benjamin franklin to that of abraham lincoln, margaret fuller, and frederick douglass. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780674165557ISBN:0674165551
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