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The Genuine Article

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Description for The Genuine Article Paperback. "A masterly quarter-century of commentary on the discipline of American history."-Allen D. Boyer, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
"This book amounts to an intellectual autobiography....These pieces are thus a statement of what I have thought about early Americans during nearly seventy years in their company," writes historian Edmund S. Morgan in the introduction to this landmark collection. The Genuine Article gathers together twenty-five of Morgan's finest essays over forty years, commenting brilliantly on everything from Jamestown to James Madison. In revealing the private lives of "Those Sexy Puritans" and "The Price of Honor" on Southern plantations, The Genuine Article details the daily lives of early Americans, along with "The Great Political Fiction" that continues to this day. As ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393327144
SKU
V9780393327144
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About Edmund S. Morgan
Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy’s Gold Medal. The author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many others.

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