People of Paradox: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World (Cornell Paperbacks) - Softcover

Kammen, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801497558 ISBN 13: 9780801497551

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1990

Synopsis

From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive
texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how, during the years of colonization, some ideas and institutions were transferred virtually intact from Britain, while, simultaneously, others were being transformed in the New World. As he unravels the tangled origins of our culture, he makes us see that unresolved contradictions in the American experience have created our national style. Puritanical and hedonistic, idealistic and materialistic, peace-loving and war-mongering: these opposing strands go back to the genesis of our history.

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Review:

"A lively, wide-ranging book . . . highly impressive. . . . I wish I had written People of Paradox."--Marcus Cunliffe, New York Times Book Review

"Puts forth an interpretation that all American historical scholars will have to take seriously as they prepare their own versions of American history."--Carl Bridenbaugh, Yale Review

From the Back Cover:

From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0801497558
• ISBN 13: 9780801497551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368