Prodigals and pilgrims the American revolution against patriarchal authority, 1750-1800
The author traces a constellation of intimately related ideas - about the nature of parental authority and filial rights, of moral obligation of Scripture, of the growth of the mind and the nature of historical progress - from their most important English and continental expressions in a variety of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [etc.] ;
Cambridge University Press
1984
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| Edition: | 1st pbk. ed |
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| Online Access: | Sumario |
| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004532449708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | The author traces a constellation of intimately related ideas - about the nature of parental authority and filial rights, of moral obligation of Scripture, of the growth of the mind and the nature of historical progress - from their most important English and continental expressions in a variety of literary and theological texts, to their transmission, reception and application in Revolutionary America and in the early national period of American culture |
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| Physical Description: | VI, 328 p. : il. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780521237192 9780521317269 |
