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Ambition, a history from vice to virtue /

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Autore principale: King, Casey (William Casey)
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Soggetti:
Ambition > Political aspects > United States > History.
Ambition > Social aspects > United States > History.
National characteristics, American > History.
Christianity and culture > United States > History.
Social values > United States > History.
Social change > United States > History.
Ambition > Social aspects > England > History.
Christianity and culture > England > History.
United States > Civilization > To 1783.
England > Civilization.
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Sommario:
  • From Vice to Christian Sin
  • Ambition as Sin in Early Modern English Culture : Perilous Acts of Self-Elevation, Subversive Acts of Self-Negation
  • The Plague and Countervailing Passions
  • Harnessing Ambition in the Age of Exploration
  • Epilogue.

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