The Complete Colonial Gentleman: Cultural Legitimacy In Plantation America - Brossura

Rozbicki, Michal J.

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ISBN 10: 0813922364 ISBN 13: 9780813922362

Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1998

Riassunto

The colonial plantation elite's persistent emulation of the British landed gentry has long intrigued American historians, who recently have insisted that the pursuit of this apparently outdated ideal was an impediment to the development of a distinctive American culture. In The Complete Colonial Gentleman, Michal J. Rozbicki argues that such a view misreads the legitimizing process and the history of culture.

Rozbicki's interpretation contrasts provocatively with recent studies of colonial America and demonstrates how the essentially conservative aspirations of colonial planter gentility foreshadowed distinctly American and democratice developments.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Michal J. Rozbicki is Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0813922364
• ISBN 13: 9780813922362
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile