Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the …
Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the …
Asserts that the Tea Party movement prefers to rewrite the history of the American Revolution as anti-intellectual and antipluralist.
In this book, Bailyn discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of national government and the originalprinciples of the revolution.
In this book, Bailyn discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of national government and the original principles of the revolution.
In this book, Bailyn discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of national government and the original principles of the revolution.
In this collection of interdisciplinary essays, historians and literary critics from both sides of the Atlantic analyse some of the most significant watersheds and faultlines that occurred in the period 1775-1815, a crucial era in the history of Euro-Americans relations. Tracing…
Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution; theexperience of war; and the post-war creation of a new po…
Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution; the experience of war; and the post-war creation of a new p…
Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution; the experience of war; and the post-war creation of a new p…
Under the leadership of Samuel Adams patriot propagandists deliberately and conscientiously kept the issue of slavery off the agenda as goals for freedom were set for the American Revolution. By comparing coverage in the publications of the patriot press with those of the modera…
"Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the s…
"Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the s…
