Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and ContextsPeter Lang, 1996 - 183 էջ Capitalism in Early American Literature: Texts and Contexts is a literary history that shows how the idea of America as the land of capitalist enterprise - where rewards are always commensurate with productivity - came to flourish in our national literature. Covering the colonial period, the early national period, and the Jacksonian period, this study examines a variety of writers, including many of our best early writers of fiction, who chronicle and celebrate - and sometimes condemn - the vision of America as the land of economic opportunity. |
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... colony sprang up in the Massachusetts area . The Pilgrims of this colony did not , of course , come over primarily for profits , but their synthesis of worldly pursuits with higher spiritual values provided a standard from which to ...
... colony sprang up in the Massachusetts area . The Pilgrims of this colony did not , of course , come over primarily for profits , but their synthesis of worldly pursuits with higher spiritual values provided a standard from which to ...
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... colony , primarily a profit venture , almost foundered because its leaders overlooked the necessity of self - interest as a motivating force among the colonists themselves . Settlers arriving at the colony before 1614 did so as ...
... colony , primarily a profit venture , almost foundered because its leaders overlooked the necessity of self - interest as a motivating force among the colonists themselves . Settlers arriving at the colony before 1614 did so as ...
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... colony's survival was finally insured.5 4 In 1620 , some hundreds of miles north of the Jamestown colony , the Pilgrims founded the colony at Plymouth , the first of several colonies in New England devoted primarily to providing a safe ...
... colony's survival was finally insured.5 4 In 1620 , some hundreds of miles north of the Jamestown colony , the Pilgrims founded the colony at Plymouth , the first of several colonies in New England devoted primarily to providing a safe ...
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TOWARDS WORK AND WEALTH | 11 |
Ben Franklin and the American Paradigm | 20 |
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