American Honor The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era / Craig Bruce Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Craig Bruce, author.

Series:

North Carolina scholarship online.

North Carolina scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Philosophy.

United States.

United States--Civilization--Philosophy.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Philosophy.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Philosophy.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Philosophy.

Adams, John, 1735-1826--Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908539-4-3

1-4696-3884-3

1-4696-3885-1

OCLC:

1029340147