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Author

King, Casey (William Casey)

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

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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	vii, 248 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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 -- Civilization.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780300182804 (clothbound : alkaline paper)
	9780300189841 (electronic bk.)