| Description |
385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The making and unmaking of an American ruling class / Gary J. Kornblith and John M. Murrin -- The American Revolution, capitalism, and the formation of the yeoman classes / Allan Kulikoff -- "To secure the blessings of liberty" : language, the Revolution, and American capitalism / Edward Countryman -- "Liberty is sweet" : African-American freedom struggles in the years before white independence / Peter H. Wood -- "I thought I should liberate myself from the thraldom of others" : apprentices, masters, and the Revolution / W.J. Rorabaugh -- Agrarian independence : northern land rioters after the Revolution / Alan Taylor -- "The key of libberty" : William Manning and plebeian democracy / Michael Merrill and Sean Wilentz -- The novel as subversive activity : women reading, women writing / Cathy N. Davidson -- Afterword : How radical was the American Revolution? / Alfred F. Young. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Radicalism -- United States -- History.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.
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Radicalism. (OCoLC)fst01087015
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668 |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Young, Alfred F., 1925-2012.
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| ISBN |
0875801765 (clothbound) |
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9780875801766 (clothbound) |
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0875805574 (pbk.) |
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9780875805573 (pbk.) |
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