American Honor : the Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Craig Bruce, author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Philosophy. Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Philosophy. Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Philosophy. Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Philosophy. Adams, John, -- 1735-1826. Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790. Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826. Washington, George, -- 1732-1799. Social aspects. Civilization -- Philosophy. Philosophy. United States -- History -- Philosophy. United States -- Civilization -- Philosophy. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12351341

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ISBN:	9781469638843 1469638843 9781469638850 1469638851 9781469638836
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	" ... In the early eighteenth century, ideals of honor and virtue were salient aspects of Revolutionary Americans' ideological break from Europe and shared by all ranks of society, from the powdered-wig "founders" to college students, women, and African Americans. Focusing his study primarily on the prominent Americans who came of age before and during the Revolution--notably John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington--Smith shows how a colonial ethical transformation became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating a continuing ethical ideology that still remains"--
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Craig Bruce. American Honor : The Creation of the Nation's Ideals During the Revolutionary Era. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2018 9781469638836

Table of Contents:

What are honor, virtue, and ethics and how did they influence the American revolution?
The old world meets the new: colonial ethical ideals before the Revolution
A shared identity: colonial colleges and the shaping of pre-revolutionary thought
A matter of honor and a test of virtue: riots, boycotts, and resistance during the coming of the Revolution
Maintaining moral superiority: how ethics defined the early war years
From tension to victory: overcoming civilian and martial differences on honor and virtue during the later war years
Expanding ethics: the democratization of honor and virtue in the new republic
The counterrevolution in American ethics: reinterpretations of the next generations
March 16, 1824.

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