Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791: Documents and Essays Second edition

Brown, Richard D. (Ed)

ISBN 10: 0395903440 / ISBN 13: 9780395903445

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791: Documents and Essays Second edition
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395903440
• ISBN 13: 9780395903445
• Binding: Larger Format Paperback
• Edition: 6th Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

This text delves into the many facets of the colonial uprising and its aftermath, concluding with the ratification of the Bill of Rights. The volume combines primary sources, analytical essays, chapter introductions, and headnotes to encourage students to think critically about the revolutionary era.

About the Author

Richard D. Brown, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, is a 1961 graduate of Oberlin College who attended Harvard on a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship, earning his Ph.D. in 1966. Before coming to the University of Connecticut in 1971, he taught as a Fulbright lecturer in France and at Oberlin College. His research and teaching interests have been in the political, social, and cultural history of early America. His current project, The Challenge of Equality in the Early Republic," employs microhistory and narrative. A past president of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic and the New England Historical Association, Brown has held fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others."