Writing early American history

by Taylor, Alan

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How is American history written? In [this book, the author] provides his own answer to this question. [He] provides the general reader [an] introduction to their subjects. [In the book, he also] review[s] an enormous range of scholarship, from popular biographies of Founding Fathers, to investigations of murders of prostitutes to discussions of frontier technology.-Back cover.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Writing early American history / Alan Taylor.

Summary

How is American history written? In [this book, the author] provides his own answer to this question. [He] provides the general reader [an] introduction to their subjects. [In the book, he also] review[s] an enormous range of scholarship, from popular biographies of Founding Fathers, to investigations of murders of prostitutes to discussions of frontier technology.-Back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

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Notes

Originally published: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania, ©2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn180717421
  • Dewey Decimal:973.2072 T

Table of Contents

Bodies and minds: Voyage in; Blood and soil; Germ colonies; Martyrs to Venus; Sex and the city -- Souls: In a strange way; Crucibles; Seeking people; Midnight ramblers; Worlds with words -- Empire: Virginians; Devil in a blue dress; Bad birds; Forgotten war; Power shopping -- Founders: For the benefits of Mr. Kite; Good father; Founding swindlers; Pluribus; Clintonism -- Historians: Exceptionalist; Poor Richard, Rich Ben; Threads of history; Transformer.

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Subjects

Books Books -- Reviews. -- United States États-Unis -- Histoire -- ca 1600-1775 … Historians Historians -- United States Historiens -- États-Unis Historiography Historiography -- United States History Livres -- Recensions. -- États-Unis reviews United States United States -- History -- Colonial pe… United States -- History -- Revolution,…

Writers

Taylor, Alan

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