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An excellent collection of essays,
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This review is from: The Challenge Of The American Revolution (Paperback)
Edmund Morgan is America's most readable colonial historian, author of the ground-breaking "American Freedom, American Slavery" and the seminal "The Puritan Family" among other classics. This collection of loosely organized essays about the American Revolution is not meant as an introduction to the subject (for which see Morgan's "Birth of the Republic"), but a conversation for those who already know something of the subject. These essays range from a discussion of the sources of the revolution (legal, traditional rights, intellectual, religious) to the conflicts between the calls to freedom and the existence of slavery. First-rate reading for anybody interested in the subject area, but especially for AP history teachers like me.
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Very insightful, and stimulating, yet VERY readable.,
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This review is from: The Challenge of the American Revolution (Hardcover)
This was a wonderful overview of many of the different aspects of the American Revolution. It deposes many widely held myths, but is never cynical. It presented many interesting ideas and opens up many new avenues of study. It is perfect for anyone who would just like to know more about why the American Revolution took place than the surface skimming that most of us got in High School and College.
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Eminent historian doesn't disappoint,
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Morgan is one of my favorite historians. When it comes to the Puritans or the early Republic, he is one our country's best. This work is no exception.
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I first began to think about the Revolution because I had to. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial statements, external taxes, colonial ideas, internal taxes, imperial historians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stamp Act, United States, Puritan Ethic, New England, Rhode Island, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Great Britain, Sugar Act, Chapel Hill, New Divinity, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams, House of Commons, Jefferson Papers, Silas Deane, South Carolina, Declaratory Act, New Haven, Benjamin Franklin, Massachusetts Archives, Continental Congress, George Washington Browse Sample Pages:
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I first began to think about the Revolution because I had to. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial statements, external taxes, colonial ideas, internal taxes, imperial historians Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stamp Act, United States, Puritan Ethic, New England, Rhode Island, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Great Britain, Sugar Act, Chapel Hill, New Divinity, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Samuel Adams, House of Commons, Jefferson Papers, Silas Deane, South Carolina, Declaratory Act, New Haven, Benjamin Franklin, Massachusetts Archives, Continental Congress, George Washington Browse Sample Pages:
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- If Men Were Angels: James Madison and the Heartless Empire of Reason by Richard K. Matthews on page 84, and Back Matter
- Prodigals and Pilgrims: The American Revolution against Patriarchal Authority 1750-1800 by Jay Fliegelman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Radical Politics of Thomas Jefferson by Richard K. Matthews in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Comprehensive History Of Western Ethics: What Do We Believe? by Warren Ashby on page 437, and Back Matter
- If Men Were Angels: James Madison and the Heartless Empire of Reason (American Political Thought) by Richard K. Matthews on page 84, and Back Matter
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