Ambition, a history [electronic resource] : from vice to virtue / William Casey King.

By: King, Casey (William Casey)Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013Description: vii, 248 p. : illISBN: 9780300189841 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Ambition -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Ambition -- Social aspects -- United States -- History | National characteristics, American -- History | Christianity and culture -- United States -- History | Social values -- United States -- History | Social change -- United States -- History | Ambition -- Social aspects -- England -- History | Christianity and culture -- England -- History | United States -- Civilization -- To 1783 | England -- CivilizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973 LOC classification: E162 | .K59 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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