The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era Through ReconstructionCharles William Calhoun Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 323 pages The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this reader brings American history to life by illuminating the lives of ordinary Americans. This examination of common individuals helps personalize the nation's past for readers in a way that examining only broad concepts and forces cannot. By including a wide range of people with respect to ethnicity, race, gender and geographic region, Prof. Calhoun has developed a book that highlights the diversity of the American experience. These lively, highly readable essays will engage and enlighten readers and enhance their understanding of American history. |
Table des matières
Squanto Last of the Patuxet | xxi |
Anne Hutchinson the Puritan Patriarchs and the Power of the Spirit | 15 |
Caspar Wistar GermanAmerican Entrepreneur and Cultural Broker | 37 |
Olaudah Equiano An African in Slavery and Freedom | 57 |
Eliza Lucas Pinckney Vegetables and Virtue | 71 |
Benjamin Gilbert and Jacob Nagle Soldiers of the American Revolution | 93 |
Absalom Jones and the African Church of Philadelphia To Arise out of the Dust | 115 |
Rebecca Dickinson A Life Alone in the Early Republic | 141 |
Hosea Easton Forgotten Abolitionist Giant | 193 |
Laura Wirt Randall A Womans Life 18031833 | 209 |
Caroline Healey Dall Transcendentalist Activist | 225 |
George Washington Harris The Fool from the Hills | 239 |
Sgt Peter Welsh Is That Not Worth Fiting For? | 253 |
Winfield Scott Hancock The Knightly Corps Commander | 267 |
LaSalle Corbell Pickett What Happened to Me | 283 |
Willis Augustus Hodges We Are Now Coming to New Things | 295 |
Sacagawea A Historical Enigma | 161 |
Peter P Pitchlynn Race and Identity in NineteenthCentury America | 177 |
Index | 307 |
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The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era Through Reconstruction Charles William Calhoun Affichage d'extraits - 2002 |
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Fréquemment cités
Page i - No great man lives in vain. The History of the world is but the Biography of great men.