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The debate on the American Revolution
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Artikel-Nr:
9780719052422
Veröffentl:
2007
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.2007
Seiten:
334
Autor:
Gwenda Morgan
Gewicht:
422 g
Format:
216x140x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Gwenda Morgan is Reader in History and American Studies at the University of Sunderland
'Who will write the History of the American Revolution' asked a worried John Adams, and 'who will ever write it? This book is an attempt to answer these questions. Examining the many histories of the American Revolution and Constitution, it looks at how the transition from amateur to professional transformed the interpretation of the Revolution.
IntroductionCh. 1 PioneersCh. 2 The 'Noble' and the 'Ignoble'Ch. 3 Present at the creation: The making of the constitutionCh. 4 Ideology, slavery and original IntentCh. 5 African Americans: resistance and revolutionCh. 6 'A new era in female history'Ch. 7 The Indians, the west and the RevolutionConclusionIndex