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1 online resource (ix, 419 pages) : illustrations, map |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 and men (called, at the time, people out of doors) in shaping events during and after the Revolution, their impact on the Founding generation of the new American nation, and finally how this populist side of the Revolution has fared in public memory. Drawing on a wide range of sources, which includ |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Social aspects
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Radicalism
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Bevölkerung
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Soziale Situation
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Radikalismus -- USA -- Geschichte 18. Jh.
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Freiheitsbaum -- USA.
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Revolution -- amerikanische -- Alltag.
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Alltag -- Revolution -- amerikanische.
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Unabhängigkeitskrieg -- USA -- Bevölkerung -- Soziale Situation.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
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United States
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USA -- Unabhängigkeitskrieg -- Bevölkerung -- Soziale Situation.
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USA -- Unabhängigkeitskrieg.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaye, Harvey J.
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| LC no. |
2006008340 |
| ISBN |
9780814738061 |
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0814738060 |
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0814796850 |
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9780814796856 |
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0814796869 |
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9780814796863 |
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