The American Revolution - Hardcover

Countryman, Edward

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ISBN 10: 1850430292 ISBN 13: 9781850430292

Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 1986

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In this book the whole course of the revolt against oppressive British legislation and taxation is recreated. The author shows us the giants who made the Revolution - men like Adams, Jefferson and Washington - and uses original sources to throw fresh light on famous incidents: the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Lexington. But he also brings before the reader six very different people "living on the edge of empire" - from a plantation owner to a slave called Sam, a New England woman and a Boston shoemaker. All had major grievances that provided impetus for the Revolution, and all experienced profound changes in every aspect of their lives - changes that paved the way for America's dynamic development in the 19th century.

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Review:

"Fine, concise history . . . Better than any comparable treatment." -- Sean Wilentz, "In These Times"
"As a synthesis of modern scholarship on the Revolution, this important book has no rival. " -- Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fine, concise history . . . Better than any comparable treatment. "Sean Wilentz, In These Times"

As a synthesis of modern scholarship on the Revolution, this important book has no rival. "Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology""

Fine, concise history . . . Better than any comparable treatment. Sean Wilentz, In These Times

As a synthesis of modern scholarship on the Revolution, this important book has no rival. Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Fine, concise history . . . Better than any comparable treatment." --Sean Wilentz, In These Times

"As a synthesis of modern scholarship on the Revolution, this important book has no rival. " --Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About the Author:

Edward Countryman, professor of history at Southern Methodist University, is the author of Americans (Hill and Wang, 1996) and A People in Revolution: Political Society in New York, 1760-1790, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize in 1982. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

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