Titoli in Rivoluzione e fondazione

La segunda oración de la Declaración de Independencia de Estados Unidos, escrita por Thomas Jefferson y revisada por Benjamin Franklin y John Adams, se convirtió en un credo que unió a peregrinos e inmigrantes en una sola nación. Para personas de tan diferentes orígenes y creencias, la frase resultó la definición última del bien común y del Sueño Americano.

Using the participants’ own words, Jim Weiss brings to life the ideas, battles, and adventures of the men and women who created a free nation. Be there in the courtroom when John Adams takes an unpopular stand for justice by defending British soldiers accused of perpetrating the Boston...

The United States was creeping ever closer to independence. The shot heard round the world still echoed in the ears of Parliament as impassioned revolutionaries took up arms for and against King and country. In this captivating blend of careful research and rich narrative, Derek W. Beck...

"With impressive scholarly sleuthing and a storyteller's eloquence, Danielle Allen has written a landmark book about the people and the ideas that changed the world. By bringing the glamorous Duke of Richmond back to life, Allen paints a panoramic portrait of how principles of human equality and...

Bestsellerautor Walter Isaacson unternimmt eine faszinierende Tiefenbohrung in die Entstehung eines der revolutionärsten Sätze der amerikanischen Geschichte: »Wir halten diese Wahrheiten für selbstverständlich, dass alle Menschen gleich erschaffen wurden, dass sie von ihrem Schöpfer mit gewissen unveräußerlichen Rechten ausgestattet wurden, wozu Leben, Freiheit und das Streben nach Glück gehören.« Im Sommer 1776 von Thomas Jefferson formuliert und dann von Benjamin Franklin und John Adams überarbeitet, bildet dieser Kernsatz der Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung das Fundament der jungen amerkanischen Republik.

New York Times journalist Jesse Wegman tells the story of James Wilson, a Founding Father whose bold vision shaped American democracy but whose legacy was lost to scandal. This program is read by the author. As a young lawyer, James Wilson made a celebrated case for American independence in an...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City comes a sweeping chronicle challenging the traditional mythology of the nation's beginnings and championing the unsung women behind the American Revolution. History has always celebrated the Founding...

The Founding Fathers series includes: George Washington by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn In this thoughtful and incisive biography, Burns and Dunn dissect the strengths and weaknesses of Washington's presidential leadership, from his lasting foreign and economic policies to his polarizing...

Un essai sur les origines de l'idéal américain. Publié à l'occasion du 250e anniversaire de l'indépendance des Etats-Unis, un essai sur les origines de l'idéal américain dans lequel l'auteur décrypte les mythes et les textes fondateurs du pays, tout en démontrant la pertinence actuelle des principes énoncés face aux défis du XXIe siècle. Table de matière : Préface 1776.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine is one of the most influential political pamphlets in American history, a bold and persuasive argument for independence, liberty, and self-government. Written in clear, direct language, Paine’s revolutionary work helped shape public opinion during the American...

The surprising story of how the plain black suit became a symbol of masculinity, democracy, and modernity. How did black suits become so ubiquitous? Why has men's business clothing been so plain for the last 250 years? How did a style adopted by the Founding Fathers to differentiate themselves...

In this lively book, Warren Throckmorton, coauthor of Getting Jefferson Right, investigates the gloss that Christian nationalist storytellers put on history and equips listeners to debunk seven myths that they propagate. Working in the tradition of muckraking journalists, Throckmorton picks a...

Rediscover the Revolutionary War as a global fight for freedom What does Bunker Hill have in common with a jungle in Central America, a fort in India, and the towering Rock of Gibraltar? The answer—that they were all battlefields in the Revolutionary War—might astonish you. Blending modern...

A revelatory new look at the long and complex relationship between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who died on the same historic day—July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In creating the Declaration of Independence, approved...

In a groundbreaking global exploration of the ideas that drove the American Revolution, a prize-winning historian shines a light on the defiance of marginalized peoples all over the world. In her powerful new history of the American Revolution, Sarah M. S. Pearsall argues that the American...

'Fascinating' – The New Yorker 'A cracking read' – The London Standard 'Delightfully readable' – The Wall Street Journal 'Intricate and layered' – Financial Times 'Engaging . . . Pearsall's book does so much to illuminate' – The New York Times 'Kaleidoscopic' – New Statesman...

In The Democracy We Must Keep, historian David O. Stewart takes readers inside the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States. Through the words of seven visionary founders—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, and others—Stewart shows how a fragile experiment in self-government took shape. These men were not saints. They argued passionately. Yet together, they forged the principles that must still define American democracy.

The Declaration of Independence was a history-changing document, calling for a new form of government resting on a radical philosophical framework. It has inspired over 100 other declarations of independence over the last 250 years. In these 12 lectures, Professor Bell offers you far-reaching reflections on the meaning, the power, and the influence of the Declaration.

How should we remember George Washington's entanglement in slavery? Americans have argued over that question for nearly 250 years. More than any other Founding Father, Washington's ties to slavery have vexed us. He enslaved more people than any of his fellow founders, yet he was the only one of...

“Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?” ask two leading historians on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson has been reinvented more than perhaps any American president in history. In the nineteenth century, slavery’s defenders invoked Jefferson’s...