John Adams & the prophets of progress / Zoltán Haraszti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haraszti, Zoltán, 1892-1980

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, John.

Political science--History.

Political science.

Physical Description:

viii, 362 pages, 6 unnumbered pages and 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles ; 25 cm

Other Title:

John Adams and the prophets of progress

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 1952.

Summary:

A discussion of the extensive marginal notes John Adams made in books, particularly books about politics, in his private library.

Contents:

No statues or monuments

John Adams among his books

Adams's political philosophy

Bolingbroke, the Ishmael of his age. The statesman ; The deistic philosopher

Rousseau and the man of nature

Frederick, Voltaire, and d'Alembert

The communism of the Abbé de Mably

Turgot's attack on the American constitutions

The composition of Adams's Defence

Lessons from the civil wars of France

The French Revolution. To August 4, 1789 ; The framing of the constitution ; The removal of the king to Paris

Condorcet and the idea of progress

Napoleon's bid for a continental alliance

Dr. Priestley and other English divines

The constant reader.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-352) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haraszti, Zoltán, 1892-1980. John Adams & the prophets of progress.

OCLC:

425645