Samuel Adams - America''s Revolutionary Politician

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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 his personal life, uncovers a masterful politician and a man consistent in his beliefs. Zusammenfassung This volume offers a biography of Samuel Adams! the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Failure of PromiseChapter 2: The People Shall Be HeardChapter 3: The Lurking SerpentChapter 4: The Politics of PrincipleChapter 5: The Chief IncendiaryChapter 6: The Helmsman of American IndependenceChapter 7: "Zealous in the Great Cause": Winning IndependenceChapter 8: "The Principles of Liberty": The Massachusetts SceneChapter 9: "The Consistent Republican"Epilogue: "The Patriarch of Liberty"

Product details

• Authors: John B Alexander, John K Alexander, John K. Alexander, Alexander John K.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2004
• EAN: 9780742521155
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2115-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: American Profiles (Rowman & Li; American Profiles; American Profiles (Rowman & Li; American Profiles
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas