R B Bernstein

The Education of John Adams

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, a free-standing companion to Bernstein's 2003 biography Thomas Jefferson, responds to the public curiosity about Adams, his life, and his work for those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals of Adams in the Broadway musical 1776 and the HBO television miniseries John Adams. As with Bernstein's other work (e.g., The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction), it is a clear, scholarly, concise, well-written, and well-researched account of Adams's life, career, and thought addressing anyone seeking to learn more about him.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 147mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199740239
• ISBN-10: 0199740232
• Artikelnr.: 57830915

Autorenporträt

R. B. Bernstein is Lecturer in Law and Politics at the City College of New York, where he has taught since 2011; he is also a distinguished adjunct professor of law at New York Law School, where he has taught since 1991. An expert on the American Revolution, the origins of the Constitution, and the early republic, he is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School and did his graduate work in history at New York University. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chronology
* Preface: "Let us dare to read, think, speak and write"
* 1. "Something should be said of my origin":
* From Braintree to Harvard (1735-1755)
* 2. "It is my Destiny to dig Treasures with my own fingers":
* Law and Marriage (1755-1765)
* 3. "Britain and America are staring at each other":
* Revolutionary Advocate (1761-1774)
* 4. "We must for the future stand upon our own Leggs or fall":
* Continental Congress and Independence (1774-1777)
* 5. "May the Design of my Voyage be answered":
* Revolutionary Diplomat, Polemicist, and Constitution-Maker
(1777-1783)
* 6. "every phenomenon that occurs in the history of government":
* American Minister and Constitutional Commentator (1783-1788)
* 7. "The most insignificant office":
* Vice President (1788-1797)
* 8. "May none but wise and honest Men ever rule under this roof":
* President John Adams (1797-1801)
* 9."In dogmatizing, laughing, and scolding I find delight":
* Retirement (1801-1812)
* 10. "What do We mean by the Revolution?"
* The Sage of Quincy (1812-1826)
* Epilogue: "Whether you or I were right Posterity must judge.": The
Legacies of John Adams