American Revolutions : A Continental History, 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor (2017, Trade Paperback) online kaufen

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393354768

ISBN-139780393354768

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Book TitleAmerican Revolutions : a Continental History, 1750-1804

Number of Pages704 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Military / United States

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAlan Taylor

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight18.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsAmerican Revolutions is a game changer--a sprawling, ambitious history that forever alters our understanding of the Revolutionary War era., An epic, landmark history that places the American Revolution on a global stage while never losing sight of the struggles and sufferings of major and minor characters... Taylor's range is masterful., The new standard work--essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the complicated beginnings of our national history., As masterful as its author and as pluralist as its title, American Revolutions combines strong narrative drive with a kaleidoscopic array of settings and characters. In vivid prose animated by prodigious research, Taylor reveals the fight for the independence of the United States as a bloody civil war in which violence and division were the norms and clarity of purpose the exception. This is a sweeping synthesis for a new century.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973.3

SynopsisAlan Taylor is featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBS "Excellent...deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling continental history with economy, clarity, and vividness." --Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal, The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history. The American Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's colonies, fueled by local conditions and resistant to control. Emerging from the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, the revolution pivoted on western expansion as well as seaboard resistance to British taxes. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. The war exploded in set battles like Saratoga and Yorktown and spread through continuing frontier violence. The discord smoldering within the fragile new nation called forth a movement to concentrate power through a Federal Constitution. Assuming the mantle of "We the People," the advocates of national power ratified the new frame of government. But it was Jefferson's expansive "empire of liberty" that carried the revolution forward, propelling white settlement and slavery west, preparing the ground for a new conflagration., Alan Taylor is featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBS "Excellent...deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling continental history with economy, clarity, and vividness." --Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history. The American Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's colonies, fueled by local conditions and resistant to control. Emerging from the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, the revolution pivoted on western expansion as well as seaboard resistance to British taxes. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. The war exploded in set battles like Saratoga and Yorktown and spread through continuing frontier violence. The discord smoldering within the fragile new nation called forth a movement to concentrate power through a Federal Constitution. Assuming the mantle of "We the People," the advocates of national power ratified the new frame of government. But it was Jefferson's expansive "empire of liberty" that carried the revolution forward, propelling white settlement and slavery west, preparing the ground for a new conflagration.

LC Classification NumberE208.T36 2017