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.
9780300189841 (electronic bk.)
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
United States--Civilization--To 1783. England--Civilization.