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UNINA9910796021403321 |
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Autore |
Young Alfred F. <1925-2012, > |
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Titolo |
Liberty tree : ordinary people and the American Revolution / / Alfred F. Young ; editor, Harvey J. Kaye |
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New York, New York : , : New York University Press, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-2935-5 |
0-8147-3806-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Radicalism - United States - History - 18th century |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Why Write the History of Ordinary People?""; ""PART I. 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, 1765�1776""; ""3. Tar and Feathers and the Ghost of Oliver Cromwell: English Plebeian Culture and American Radicalism""; ""PART II. Accommodations"" |
""4. Conservatives, the Constitution, and the “Genius of the People�""""5. How Radical Was the American Revolution?""; ""PART III. 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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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 |
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