The Radicalism of the American Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004UDLZEI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 595 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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A fascinating argument about a revolution, the aristocrats who made it and a society they helped create Inna Tysoe The Revolution matters in American politics; matters in ways that are perhaps inexplicable to most Europeans. In matters as diverse (and as modern) as healthcare reform, religion in politics, and race relations you often hear the questions, “But what would Jefferson/Washington/Franklin do”? (If the issue concerns finance, it’s usually Hamilton to whom we turn.) So their ideas—and perhaps just as importantly—how we see them, matters.To Gordon Wood, the Founders w. The American Revolution as Radical Departure from the Monarchical and Hierarchical Mind-set of 18th Century Europe Mike Kilianski This work was at times had some very gripping historical narrative. Most notably, what comes to mind for me, is the detailed and vivid description that Mr. Wood provides when describing the ordering life of Revolutionary War era Americans in the Carolina backwoods region. Mr. Wood also delves deeply into the psyche of post-colonial Americans, and has a true historian's grasp on the 18th century mind-set. In fact, never once does Mr, Wood err in applying 20th or 21st century values to 18th ce. Stuart W Grande said The origins of individualism. Wood is one of the leaders in the field. His narrative dives deeply into the lives and context of the 19th century. He provides an illustrative picture of daily life without getting lost in the detail. By showing his readers how daily events reflect the context of the period and the overall political will of the day, Wood gives us both a grounded and informed view of the Revolution. I particularly enjoyed how he provides evidence to support his suppositions about culture or changes in cultur
Wood's Pulitzer Prize-winning book analyzes the social, political, and economic consequences of 1776. Pulitzer Prize, History, 1993Grand in scope, rigorous in its arguments, and elegantly synthesizing 30 years of scholarship, Gordon S. Above all, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Wood rescues the revolution from abstraction, allowing readers to see it with a true sense of its drama---and not a little awe.. In The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Wood depicts not just a break with England, but the rejection of an entire way of life: of a society with feudal dependencies, a politics of patronage, and a world view in which people were divided between the nobility and "the Herd." He shows how the theories of the country's founders became realities that sometimes baffled and disappointed them