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Era of persuasion : American thought and culture, 1521-1680 / E. Brooks Holifield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holifield, E. Brooks.
- Series:
- Twayne's American thought and culture series
- Twayne's American thought and culture series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persuasion (Psychology)--History--17th century.
- Persuasion (Psychology).
- Intellectual life.
- History.
- United States--Intellectual life--17th century.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--To 1783.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Twayne Publishers, [1989]
- Summary:
- In Era of Persuasion: American Thought and Culture, 1521-1680 E. Brooks Holifield identifies the act of persuasion as the common ground on which many disparate groups stood as he clearly documents and provocatively interprets an America that, though no longer entirely visible after three centuries of homogenization, is nonetheless discernible and potent.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 188-193.
- ISBN:
- 0805790500
- 0805790551
- OCLC:
- 18683848
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