Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England

by J.M. Opal

Book Overview

During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged in American culture. Long stigmatized as a dangerous passion that led people to pursue fame at the expense of duty, ambition also raised concerns among American Revolutionaries who espoused self-sacrifice. After the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the creation of the federal republic in 1789, however, a new ethos...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221567
• ISBN13: 9780812221565
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"