Arthur Scherr (99 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear. Contents: Gómez-Ivanov, El humanismo castellano en el ingenio perspicaz del converso Lucena: Cedant arma toge (Salamanca, hacia 1497). Bollo-Panadero, Las colecciones de exempla como precursoras de los diálogos humanistas del siglo XVI. Aronson, The Threat of Rape in Leonor de la Cueva s La firmeza en la ausencia. Estrada, Bakhtinian Approaches to the Indigenous World of Manuel Scorza. Pobutsky, Cultural Alienation and Colonial Desire in 'Alienación' by Julio Ramón Ribeyro. Lepeley, Lo épico y la cosmovisión en Lo crudo, lo cocido y lo podrido, de Marco Antonio de la Parra. Palmer, Rupture and Rebellion: Reimagining the Older Woman in Two Short STories by Angélica Gorodischer. Deaver, Cara y cruz en la poesía de Marcela del Río. Scherr, Albert Camus s L'Etranger and Ernesto Sábato s El túnel. Randall, Speaking Self into Significance: Male vs. Female Strategies in Les derniers rois mages. Martha Walker, The Politics of Folklore in Abdou Anta Ka's La Fille des Dieux. Sandra I. Sousa, Fernando Pessoa: O mistério da arte de fingir. 9.0" tall; 110 pages.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. At a time when most studies of Thomas Jefferson concentrate on his relationship with Sally Hemings, Rightful Liberty merges the personal, intellectual, and political in Jefferson. Jefferson's moral and political thought are more complex and changing than they appear at first glance, consisting of ""two Jeffersons,"" and evolving from a natural law, ""universal"" Enlightenment ethos to a more ""cultural relativist"" perspective, which he applied in his judgment of the Haitian and French revolutions. Their outcomes were not so different, each revealing his hope that the people's capacity for moral and political progress would increase as they became more exposed to liberal and democratic concepts. In addition to expounding this original thesis, Rightful Liberty explores themes and events overlooked by other Jefferson experts, such as his response to the English abolitionist Thomas Branagan; the formative influence of Montesquieu on the young Jefferson's opposition to slavery; a comparison of his attitudes to slavery and abolition with those of his young friend Edward Coles; his relationships with Black slaves and freedmen other than those of the well-known Hemings family; and a more nuanced perspective on his view of the Missouri Compromises of 1820 and 1821 and slavery's expansion than is found elsewhere. At a time when speculations about Jefferson's personal and sexual life, often based on little evidence, prevail in monographs and the media, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions, particularly respecting human enslavement. At a time when speculations about Thomas Jefferson's personal and sexual life, often based on little evidence, prevail in monographs and the media, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions, particularly respecting human enslavement. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. Providing the first full investigation of second U.S. president John Adams' attitudes toward slavery, blacks, and the Haitian Revolution, this iconoclastic study illuminates the inner and outer worlds of Adams for scholars and general readers.John Adams was a Founding Father of the United States who not only played a key role in laying the foundation of the nation but is also highly regarded as a great speaker, thinker, lawyer, revolutionary, diplomat, vice president, and president. But was Adams an opponent of slavery and a believer in racial equality? The historical evidence points to the contrary.This book is the first to discuss at any length John Adams's views on race, slavery, and slavery extension by examining his writings, politics, and diplomacy. Historian Arthur Scherr, an expert who is uniquely knowledgeable about Adams's views on slavery, race, and the Haitian Revolution, reveals Adams's attitudes toward slavery and race in and out of office, spotlighting his views on slavery during the American Revolution, his perspective regarding race as vice president and president of the United States, and his opinions in retirement.Readers will be able to form their opinions based on factual documentation of Adams's statements and actions regarding the key events involving slavery and race during this period: the gradual emancipation of slaves; U.S. aid to Haiti, the only black-governed nation in the world, and to its Governor-General Toussaint Louverture in gaining its independence; and the U.S. government's decision to permit slavery in new states and territories formed from public lands such as the Old Northwest and the Louisiana Purchase.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. At a time when most studies of Thomas Jefferson concentrate on his relationship with Sally Hemings, Rightful Liberty merges the personal, intellectual, and political in Jefferson. Jefferson's moral and political thought are more complex and changing than they appear at first glance, consisting of ""two Jeffersons,"" and evolving from a natural law, ""universal"" Enlightenment ethos to a more ""cultural relativist"" perspective, which he applied in his judgment of the Haitian and French revolutions. Their outcomes were not so different, each revealing his hope that the people's capacity for moral and political progress would increase as they became more exposed to liberal and democratic concepts. In addition to expounding this original thesis, Rightful Liberty explores themes and events overlooked by other Jefferson experts, such as his response to the English abolitionist Thomas Branagan; the formative influence of Montesquieu on the young Jefferson's opposition to slavery; a comparison of his attitudes to slavery and abolition with those of his young friend Edward Coles; his relationships with Black slaves and freedmen other than those of the well-known Hemings family; and a more nuanced perspective on his view of the Missouri Compromises of 1820 and 1821 and slavery's expansion than is found elsewhere. At a time when speculations about Jefferson's personal and sexual life, often based on little evidence, prevail in monographs and the media, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions, particularly respecting human enslavement. At a time when speculations about Thomas Jefferson's personal and sexual life, often based on little evidence, prevail in monographs and the media, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions, particularly respecting human enslavement. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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