Cynthia A. Kierner 
The Contrast [EPUB ebook] 
Manners, Morals, and Authority in the Early American Republic

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“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City’s John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers.
Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists’ rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how?
Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.

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Cynthia A. Kierner is professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson’s America and Revolutionary America: Sources and Interpretation.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780814783436 ● Tamanho do arquivo 3.6 MB ● Editora NYU Press ● País US ● Publicado 2007 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 5480178 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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