| People of Paradox: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World Contributor(s): Kammen, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801497558 ISBN-13: 9780801497551 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 90055186 |
| Series: Cornell Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.04" W x 8.01" (0.85 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how, during the years of colonization, some ideas and institutions were transferred virtually intact from Britain, while, simultaneously, others were being transformed in the New World. As he unravels the tangled origins of our culture, he makes us see that unresolved contradictions in the American experience have created our national style. Puritanical and hedonistic, idealistic and materialistic, peace-loving and war-mongering: these opposing strands go back to the genesis of our history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kammen, Michael: - Michael Kammen is the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture, and Director, Society for the Humanities, at Cornell University. His book, People of Paradox: An Inquiry concerning the Origins of American Civilization received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1973, and he is the author of "What Is the Good of History?" Selected Letters of Carl L. Becker, 1900-1945, and A Rope of Sand: The Colonial Agents, British Politics, and the American Revolution, both published by Cornell University Press. |