false 6956 2 In a grand and immensely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers. 10174 1991 The Radicalism of the American Revolution total:250|5:83|4:93|3:61|2:8|1:5| 250 991 396 34 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 07 21:47:35 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 22:00:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 13:05:50 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 26 15:23:57 -0700 2008
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Historians have always had problems explaining the revolutionary character of the American Revolution: its lack of class conflict, a reign of terror, and indiscriminate violence make it seem positively sedate. In this beautifully written and persuasively argued ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 28 20:21:53 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 20:37:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 23 23:44:16 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 13:53:46 -0700 2007 Reads like a textbook.
A lame textbook.
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Nevertheless, if you can stick it out, this almost-revisionist perspective on the Revolution is an important contribution to our sense of where we'...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 06 18:32:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 18:34:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Sep 15 10:45:33 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 11:02:59 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:18:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 22:10:21 -0700 2009
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