John K. Alexander

Samuel Adams

America's Revolutionary Politician

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Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician offers a fresh full-life biography of the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. In his study, historian John K. Alexander uses narrative history to argue that Samuel Adams was both America's first professional politician and its first modern politician. Adams, Alexander argues, was an unwavering politician who strove to protect the people's basic rights and who emphasized the importance of virtue, liberty, a sense of duty, and education in fashioning a republican society. John Alexander's fresh reading of Adams' record, and a uniquely close look into hi… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-7425-2114-8
EAN: 9780742521148
Produktnummer: 1377732
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.1 cm 500 g
Gewicht: 500
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

John K. Alexander is professor at the University of Cincinnati where he specializes in American revolutionary era history. Along with a number of scholarly articles, he has authored Render Them Submissive: Responses to Poverty in Philadelphia, 1760-1800.