Making the American Self : Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Walker Howe - 2009

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 342 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. Owner's name / blind stamp front end paper.

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New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 9x0x6. First printing. An excellent copy. 2009 Trade Paperback. 342 pp. "One of the most precious liberties Americans have always cherished is the ability to "make something of themselves"--to choose not only an occupation but an identity. Examining works by Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and others, Howe investigates how Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the process of "self-construction," "self-improvement," and the "pursuit of happiness." He explores as well how Americans understood individual identity in relation to the larger body politic, and argues that the conscious construction of the autonomous self was in fact essential to American democracy--that it both shaped and was in turn shaped by American democratic institutions. "The thinkers… Read More