Against Self-Reliance: The Arts Of Dependence In The Early United States (Early American Studies)

Tracing continuities between literature, material culture, and pedagogical theory, William Huntting Howell uncovers an America that celebrated the virtues of humility, contingency, and connection to a complex whole over ambition, individuality, and distinction.

• | Author: William Huntting Howell
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0812247035
• | ISBN-13: 9780812247039