TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trees,Andrew S.
TI  - The founding fathers and the politics of character
SN  - 0691115524 (alk. paper)
AV  - E302.1 T786f  2004
U1  - 973.4 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Founding Fathers of the United States
KW  - Character
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Social values
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Nationale identiteit
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politieke cultuur
KW  - Hommes d'âEtat
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siáecle
KW  - Caractáere
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Amâericains
KW  - Valeurs sociales
KW  - Culture politique
KW  - Discours politique
KW  - Founding fathers
KW  - swd
KW  - Nationalbewusstsein
KW  - Wertorientierung
KW  - Staat
KW  - Grèundung
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1783-1809
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Influence
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - 1775-1783 (Râevolution)
KW  - USA
KW  - Revolution
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-203) and index; Friendship -- Honor -- Virtue -- Justice -- Veneration
N2  - "The American Revolution swept away old certainties and forced revolutionaries to consider what it meant to be American. Andrew Trees examines four attempts to answer the question of national identity that Americans faced in the wake of the Revolution. Through the writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, Trees explores a complicated political world in which boundaries between the personal and the political were fluid and ill-defined. Melding history and literary study, he shows how this unsettled landscape challenged and sometimes confounded the founders' attempts to forge their own - and the nation's - identity."--Jacket
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin051/2003043329.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin051/2003043329.html
ER  -