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Liberty tree : ordinary people and the American Revolution /
With the publication of Liberty Tree, acclaimed historian Alfred F. Young presents a selection of his seminal writing as well as two provocative, never-before-published essays. Together, they take the reader on a journey through the American Revolution, exploring the role played by ordinary women an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of illustrations
- Introduction : Why write the history of ordinary people?
- pt. 1. The people out of doors
- 1. The mechanics of the revolution : "By hammer and hand all arts do stand"
- 2. "Persons of consequence" : the women of Boston and the making of the American Revolution, 1766-1776
- 3. Tar and feathers and the ghost of Oliver Cromwell : English Plebeian culture and American radicalism
- pt. 2. Accommodations
- 4. Conservatives, the Constitution, and the "Genius of the people"
- 5. How radical was the American Revolution?
- pt. 3. Memory : lost and found
- 6. The celebration and damnation of Thomas Paine
- 7. The Freedom Trail : walking the Revolution in Boston
- 8. Liberty Tree : made in America, lost in America
- Index
- About the author.