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9780847686827

The Noblest Minds Fame, Honor, and the American Founding

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847686827

  • ISBN10:

    0847686825

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-05-28
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

Ever since Douglass Adair convincingly demonstrated that a love of fame was central to the American founding, political scientists and historians have started to view the Founders and their acts in a new light. In The Noblest Minds, ten distinguished scholars examine this passion for fame and honor and demonstrate for the first time its significance in the development of American democracy.

Author Biography

Peter McNamara is professor of political science at Utah State University.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
PART ONE
Fame, Founders, and the Idea of Founding in the Eighteenth Century
3(36)
Paul A. Rahe
PART TWO
Ben Franklin, Hero
39(20)
Steven Forde
George Washington and the Life of Honor
59(14)
Lorraine Smith Pangle
Thomas L. Pangle
John Adams and the Quest for Fame
73(24)
C. Bradley Thompson
``The Holy Cause of Freedom'': The Libertarian Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
97(24)
David N. Mayer
James Madison: Memory, Service, and Fame
121(20)
Lance Banning
Alexander Hamilton, the Love of Fame, and Modern Democratic Statesmanship
141(22)
Peter McNamara
John Marshall and the ``False Glare'' of Fame
163(24)
Robert K. Faulkner
PART THREE
Fame and The Federalist
187(20)
James W. Ceaser
The Classical and Modern Liberal Understandings of Honor
207(14)
Thomas L. Pangle
Bibliography 221(10)
Index 231(4)
About the Contributors 235

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