After the Revolution
Title | After the Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1979-01-01 |
Genre | Intellectuals |
ISBN | 9780393012538 |
After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture
Title | After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2002-03-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0393072304 |
Through portraits of four figures—Charles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah Webster—Joseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations. An entrepreneur, a writer who wanted to depict an ideal society, a dramatist who tried to reconcile high aesthetic standards and populism, and a Connecticut Yankee who ran into the contradictions of conservatism and liberalism—each of the four men depicted in this book had a vision of what kind of society post-Revolutionary America should be. Through portraits of these bellwether figures, the prize-winning historian Joseph J. Ellis examines the currents that were shaping the new country.
After the Revolution
Title | After the Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780393322330 |
Each life is fascinating in its own right, and each is used to brightly illuminate the historical context.
The Cause
Title | The Cause PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | Thorndike Press Large Print |
Pages | |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781432894368 |
George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution" former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation.
Founding Brothers
Title | Founding Brothers PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | Perfection Learning |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2002-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781613838655 |
Discusses how the greatest American statesmen of the 1790s--Adams, Burr, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Washington--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Inheriting the Revolution
Title | Inheriting the Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Appleby |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2001-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674006631 |
Details the experiences of the first generation of Americans who inherited the independent country, discussing the lives, businesses, and religious freedoms that transformed the country in its early years.
American Creation
Title | American Creation PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph J. Ellis |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2007-10-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781602522220 |
From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams. He casts an incisive eye on the founders' achievements, arguing that the American Revolution was, paradoxically, an evolution—and that part of what made it so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government was eventually embraced by the American people and details the emergence of the two-party system, which stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. With eloquence and insight, Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness. American Creation is an audiobook that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever.