The Contrast

Informationen zum Autor Cynthia A. Kierner is Professor of Early American and Women's History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson's America and Revolutionary America: Sources and Interpretation. Klappentext With annotated footnotes! this work explores the debate over manners! morals! and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787! when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. Zusammenfassung With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building.

Klappentext
An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.

Zusammenfassung
With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building.