The dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals of the American Revolution There is an uncomfortable paradox at the heart of the American Revolution: many of the men leading the war for independence were slave owners, contradicting the ideal of freedom that they claimed to represent. Meanwhile, abolitionist sentiments of the time contained contradictions as well. Abolitionists encouraged freed Christianized slaves to return to Africa. In this way, they hoped to send more missionaries to Africa in order to Christianize the continent and, at the same time, to send free blacks away from America. This tension is revealed through the dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, an African-American poet who refused to marry a man she had never met and return with him to Africa as a missionary. She was enslaved in Africa as a child and transported to Boston, where she was sold to an evangelical family. Agreeing to the proposed marriage – arranged by Congregationalist minister Samuel Hopkins – would have echoed the social mores of the time, particularly those for enslaved black women. However, due to her prodigious talents as a poet, Wheatley won her freedom a year prior to Hopkins’ arrangement, allowing her to take her future into her own hands. G.J. Barker-Benfield considers Wheatley’s story and Hopkins’s plan in the broader context of the American Revolution. The ideals of the revolution motivated Hopkins and some of his contemporaries to propose freeing African slaves and thus address the “monstrous inconsistency” fundamental to the white slave owners leading the revolution. In so doing, they presented themselves as freedom fighters who resisted the threat of slavery at the hands of British tyranny. Wheatley challenged this inconsistency and, taking the revolutionaries’ rhetoric seriously, called for liberty for all human hearts: women’s and men’s, blacks’ and whites’.
Автор: Quinn Mills Daniel Название: Trump Phenomenon and the Future of US Foreign Policy ISBN: 9813200995 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789813200999 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 22170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Donald Trump has called for an about face in the foreign policy of the United States (US). A key reason is that US foreign engagements have in recent decades proved of little benefit to the US middle and working classes.
Автор: Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski Название: US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World: Interests vs. Ideals ISBN: 1626378177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626378179 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 96090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: How does civilian control affect military effectiveness? Can a balance be achieved between the two? Experts address these questions through a set of comparative case studies. They explore the nexus of control and effectiveness to reveal its importance for national security and the legitimacy of both political order and the military institution.
Автор: Fortin Roger Название: How the Ideals of America`s Founders Lead Us to Purposeful Living ISBN: 1732749353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781732749351 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 20050.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Highlights, analyses, and contrasts, from a ""human rights law"" perspective, the situation in Tunisia - the success model of the Arab Spring - before and after the ""Jasmine Revolution,"" and in Egypt, the Arab Spring`s most notable failure - before the 2011 revolution and after the subsequent ""counter-revolution"" led by the military establishment.
Автор: Garrison Название: An empire of ideals ISBN: 1138943002 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138943001 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Rigorous examination of Ronald Reagan`s intuitive sense of reality as it was expressed chiefly in his presidential speeches. Justin D. Garrison argues that Reagan`s chimeric imagination contains many dubious elements that present serious problems for politics.
Автор: Jeffrey M. Stonecash Название: Understanding American Political Parties: Democratic Ideals, Political Uncertainty, and Strategic Positioning ISBN: 0415508444 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415508445 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: There is a clear discrepancy between the ideal role of political parties expressed in many textbooks and the reality that we see playing out in politics. This book gives us a big picture analysis that helps explain what is happening in American electoral politics.
Автор: Meena Bose, Paul Fritz Название: George W Bush Presidency: Volume III -- Foreign Policy ISBN: 1634857836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781634857833 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 215410.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In this compelling book, Caroline Wigginton reshapes our understanding of early American literary history. Overturning long-standing connections between the male-dominated print culture of pamphlets, broadsides, and newspapers and the transformative ideas that instigated the American Revolution, Wigginton explores how women`s "relational publications" transformed their public and intimate worlds.
Автор: Rosefielde Steven, Mills Daniel Quinn Название: The Trump Phenomenon and the Future of Us Foreign Policy ISBN: 9813200871 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789813200876 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 43290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Donald Trump has called for an about face in the foreign policy of the United States (US). A key reason is that US foreign engagements have in recent decades proved of little benefit to the US middle and working classes.
Автор: Guy Roberts Название: US Foreign Policy and China: Bush`s First Term ISBN: 1138379336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138379336 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 51030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work is an exploration of how U.S.-China relations were managed by President George W. Bush. Roberts argues that contrary to conventional wisdom, President Bush conducted a calculated, pragmatic and highly successful strategy toward Beijing, which avoided conflict, resolved crisis and significantly increased economic and diplomatic ties.
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