The Radicalism of the American RevolutionIn a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers. |
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User Review - wagner.sarah35 - LibraryThingA good look at early American history, centered around the American Revolution. I appreciated the author's focus on social, cultural, and political change (the Revolutionary War barely gets a mention ... Read full review
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User Review - Jarratt - LibraryThingI know this is a well-reviewed book, but its academic prose and subject matter weren't to my taste. The writing was good and the subject well researched. But I've found that the more academic the book ... Read full review
Contents
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Patriarchal Dependence | 43 |
Patronage | 57 |
Political Authority | 83 |
The Republicanization of Monarchy | 103 |
A Truncated Society | 109 |
Equality | 229 |
The Assault on Aristocracy | 271 |
Democratic Ofiiceholding | 311 |
The Celebration of Commerce 3 25 | 329 |
MiddleClass Order 34 7 | 347 |
IX | 355 |
77 | 385 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Radicalism of the American Revolution |
| Author | Gordon S. Wood |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0307758966, 9780307758965 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Political Science / History & Theory |
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