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Cornell University Press Moral Problems in American Life: New Perspectives on Cultural History

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American history is filled with moments of grave moral doubt and institutional crisis, with conflicts over fundamental values, with ethical dilemmas and paradoxes. This volume surveys the moral landscape of the American past from slavery to the Vietnam War. Bringing together fourteen of the most original historians practicing today, the book illuminates a critical dimension of American history, even as it shows how historical study contributes to present-day debates about values and the moral life. These essays examine a wide range of questions that have engaged past generations of Americans and persist into the present―questions about the composition of a moral community and the case for civil disobedience, about the appropriate responses to injustices and inequalities, and about the ethical implications of artistic expression, school curricula, sexual behaviors, and popular media. Focusing on the impact of moral problems on everyday experience, the authors consider these questions in light of reform movements and religious practices; changing social institutions such as marriage, public schools, labor unions, and penitentiaries; and enduring moral forces from the Bible to the U.S. Constitution. Together their essays give historical context to a wide variety of American practices and beliefs and, in doing so, provide a new framework for understanding cultural life. Review This collection is a worthy tribute to the authors' mentor and a coherent work in its own right. It will surely find its way onto the reading list of those few remaining classes that are labeled 'intellectual' history. With luck, it will be read by students and their professors who care about clarifying ambiguous issues in clear and elegant prose.-- "The Journal of the Early Republic" About the Author Karen Halttunen is Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. Lewis Perry is Andrew Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.

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Brand: Cornell University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0801432707
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 December 1998
Listed Since: 15 December 2006

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