Inheriting the Revolution
Inheriting the Revolution

Author: Joyce Appleby

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2001-09-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 067425208X

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Born after the Revolution, the first generation of Americans inherited a truly new world--and, with it, the task of working out the terms of Independence. Anyone who started a business, marketed a new invention, ran for office, formed an association, or wrote for publication was helping to fashion the world's first liberal society. These are the people we encounter in Inheriting the Revolution, a vibrant tapestry of the lives, callings, decisions, desires, and reflections of those Americans who turned the new abstractions of democracy, the nation, and free enterprise into contested realities. Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, Joyce Appleby tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. They also had to grapple with the new distinction of free and slave labor, with all its divisive social entailments; the rout of Enlightenment rationality by the warm passions of religious awakening; the explosion of small business opportunities for young people eager to break out of their parents' colonial cocoon. Few in the nation escaped the transforming intrusiveness of these changes. Working these experiences into a vivid picture of American cultural renovation, Appleby crafts an extraordinary--and deeply affecting--account of how the first generation established its own culture, its own nation, its own identity. The passage of social responsibility from one generation to another is always a fascinating interplay of the inherited and the novel; this book shows how, in the early nineteenth century, the very idea of generations resonated with new meaning in the United States.

Masters, Slaves, and Exchange
Masters, Slaves, and Exchange

Author: Kathleen M. Hilliard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1107046467

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This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, "stole" property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.

NIV, Life Journey Bible
NIV, Life Journey Bible

Author: Henry Cloud

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2012-07-24

Total Pages: 1345

ISBN-13: 0310599938

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"Like going to a trusted Christian counselor, this Bible will guide you in emotional development and relationship health. Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend — bestselling authors of How People Grow and the Boundaries series — have created the NIV Life Journey Bible based on their many years of helping patients achieve personal growth and wholeness. It will enable you to understand God’s heart, which will shed new light on your life path, and lead you on a journey to the answers you’ve been searching for. You’ll see how God’s Word gives you an effective plan to stay spiritually healthy as you transition into and out of life’s various phases. The Insights, Essays, and Profiles offer valuable life lessons by pointing out where emotional health and maturity, or their absence, occur in various stories throughout Scripture. The Life Journey Study Bible is a great tool for anyone seeking personal growth. Henry Cloud Dr. Henry Cloud is a best-selling author, popular speaker, and co-host (with Dr. John Townsend) of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! Radio program. He is also co-founder of Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. His bestselling books include the Gold Medallion Award-winning Boundaries series and Making Small Groups Work. Dr. Cloud and his wife and two daughters live in Southern California. John Townsend Dr. John Townsend is a leadership consultant, psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author. He has written twenty-seven books, selling over 8 million copies, including the 3 million-selling Boundaries series. John is founder of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling and conducts the Townsend Leadership Program. He travels extensively for corporate consulting, speaking, and working with leaders and their families. He and his wife, Barbi, live in Newport Beach, California. They have two sons. This edition includes many features to help illuminate your journey: New International Version Bible text • 300 Insights that offer an inside track on tips for emotional and relational health • Over 30 profiles of biblical figures reveal the growth principles found in God’s Word • 66 book introductions call out key growth concepts in each book of the Bible • 20 essays share important principles of spiritual growth, covering topics like growth, grief, and relationships • Reading plans • Subject Index • Index Order your copy of the NIV Life Journey Study Bible today and start the journey of finding the answers for your whole life. This Bible offers supplemental information on the following topics: God is the Source of Life, Blame is Part of Fallen Human Nature, God’s Plan: Redemptive Time, One Step at a Time, Leave the Old Life Behind, What Marriage Is, Love Means Allowing Others Freedom, God has Plans for Our Good, How Forgiveness Frees Us, Fleeing Temptation, Two Types of Suffering, Faith in Action, Forgiveness Doesn’t Allow Abuse, Influence Not Control, Passover Faith, Limiting Burnout, God Sets His Own Boundaries, Following the Crowd, Learning to Receive Forgiveness, Address Conflicts Directly, Respecting Others Boundaries, Holiness and Your Life, Grumbling and Its Cure, Reconciliation, The Sins of Parents, Blind Spots, Finding Life, How the Spirit Works, Big Prayers, Letting Children Choose, Handling Manipulation, Empathy, No Excuses, Be Faithful Not Perfect"