Revolution and Regeneration : Life Cycle and the Historical Vision of the Generation of 1776 / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- author.

Moran, Gerald F. (Gerald Francis), 1942- author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).

Statesmen--Psychology.

Statesmen.

Revolutionaries--Psychology.

Revolutionaries.

Psychohistory.

Intellectual life.

Historiography.

Statesmen--United States--Psychology.

Revolutionaries--United States--Psychology.

United States.

United States--Historiography.

United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource xviii, 166 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2021.

Summary:

Revolution and Regeneration is a book about the aging of the "young men of 1776," the men who came to adulthood with the American Revolution, found their identity merged with the new republic they had created, and grew old as the nation matured. As they identified themselves with their nation's past, so they used that past to judge their own lives and what they had accomplished, or failed to accomplish. Revolution and Regeneration is a marriage of psychohistory and intellectual history, applying the principles of the psychology of maturation to a generation whose experiences were crucial to our history-the generation of Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison. Their need for identity drove them to demand independence for themselves and their communities. Revolution and Regeneration tells their stories, from youth to old age. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Contents / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Foreword To The Reissue / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Preface / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Introduction Life Cycle And The Revolutionary Generation / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

A History All Our Own / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

A History Without Parallel / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

History As Process Vs. History As Order / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

The Renunciation Of History / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Conclusion Life Cycle And Historical Achievement / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Notes / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Note On Method And Materials / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Index / Peter Charles Hoffer, Gerald Moran

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8203-6000-7

OCLC:

1268931238

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access