内容简介
TwotimePulitzerPrize-winninghistorianBernardBailynhasdistilledalifetimeofstudyintothisbrilliantilluminationoftheideasandworldoftheFoundingFathers.Infivesuccinctessaysherevealstheorigins,depth,andglobalimpactoftheirextraordinarycreativity.TheopeningessayilluminatesthecentralimportanceofAmerica’sprovincialismtotheformationofatrulyoriginalpoliticalsystem.Inthechaptersfollowing,heexplorestheambiguitiesandachievementsofJefferson’scareer,BenjaminFranklin’schangingimageandsupplediplomacy,thecircumstancesandimpactoftheFederalistPapers,andthecontinuinginfluenceofAmericanconstitutionalthoughtthroughouttheAtlanticworld.ToBegintheWorldAnewenlivensourappreciationofhowAmericacametobeanddeepensourunderstandingofthemenwhocreatedit.
作者简介
BernardBailyndidhisundergraduateworkatWilliamsCollegeandhisgraduateworkatHarvard,whereheiscurrentlyAdamsUniversityProfessorEmeritusanddirectoroftheInternationalSeminarontheAtlanticWorld.HispreviousbooksincludeTheNewEnglandMerchantsintheSeventeenthCentury;EducationintheFormingofAmericanSociety;PamphletsoftheAmericanRevolution,1750-1776;TheIdeologicalOriginsoftheAmericanRevolution,whichreceivedthePulitzerandBancroftPrizesin1968;TheOrdealofThomasHutchinson,whichwonthe1975NationalBookAwardforHistory;VoyagerstotheWest,whichwonthePulitzerPrizein1987;andFacesofRevolution:PersonalitiesandThemesintheStruggleforAmericanIndependence.