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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393082814
ISBN-139780393082814
eBay Product ID (ePID)219671500
Product Key Features
Book TitleAmerican Revolutions : a Continental History, 1750-1804
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Military / United States, United States / General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorAlan Taylor
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight39.1 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-011418
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
SynopsisThe American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the nation's founding. Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading Britain's mainland colonies, fueled by local conditions, destructive, hard to quell. Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. When war erupted, Patriot crowds harassed Loyalists and nonpartisans into compliance with their cause. Brutal guerrilla violence flared all along the frontier from New York to the Carolinas, fed by internal divisions as well as the clash with Britain. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power. With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sought to restrain unruly state democracies and consolidate power in a Federal Constitution. Assuming the mantle of "We the People," the advocates of national power ratified the new frame of government. But their opponents prevailed in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, whose vision of a western "empire of liberty" aligned with the long-standing, expansive ambitions of frontier settlers. White settlement and black slavery spread west, setting the stage for a civil war that nearly destroyed the union created by the founders., From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh,authoritative history that recasts our thinkingabout America's founding period., 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. 37 illustrations; 10 maps
LC Classification NumberE208.T36 2016
