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King, Casey

Ambition, a history from vice to virtue / [electronic resource] : William Casey King. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013. - vii, 248 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Vice to Christian Sin -- Ambition as Sin in Early Modern English Culture : Perilous Acts of Self-Elevation, Subversive Acts of Self-Negation -- The Plague and Countervailing Passions -- Harnessing Ambition in the Age of Exploration -- Epilogue.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780300189841 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ambition--Political aspects--History.--United States
Ambition--Social aspects--History.--United States
National characteristics, American--History.
Christianity and culture--History.--United States
Social values--History.--United States
Social change--History.--United States
Ambition--Social aspects--History.--England
Christianity and culture--History.--England

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Civilization--To 1783.
England--Civilization.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E162 / .K59 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 973