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S'està carregant… The American Revolution; a Historyde Gordon S. Wood
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. excellent book for anyone teaching the causes and effects of the American Revolution. (  ) mrpotter | Feb 20, 2021 |  A brilliantly compact general survey of the American Revolution, starting with the factors that led up to it and ending with the ratification of the constitution. Speaking as someone whose elementary, middle, and high schools covered it mostly on a military and mythic level - with the historiography stalled out somewhere in the 19th century - the book did an amazing job of illustrating the true variety of causes and contexts that this seminal event held. I know most readers come at this subject through the biographies of various Founding Fathers, but if you're going to read one book about the American Revolution, this should be it. Plus the bibliography is probably the most badass bibliography I have ever read, essentially a roadmap to what you should read if you're interested in any specific facet of the subject. ( ) gregorybrown | Oct 18, 2015 | cshalizi | Jun 10, 2015 | 1  |  MarkBeronte | Mar 4, 2014 | This is a brief history of the American Revolution. This should not be confused with the Revolutionary War. While he does talk about the Revolutionary War, Wood makes the case for the American Revolution to be much bigger than just that. It was a political revolution, it was an ideological revolution. Wood states that this revolution took place because of wrongs that might occur. The Americans were concerned about the direction things were going, and believed that their freedom could be infringed upon. . . even though this had not yet happened. I found this to be an interesting read, not what I had been anticipating, but still very informative. (  )1 torrey23 | Mar 26, 2012 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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The noblest ideals and aspirations of the peoples of the United States of America - its commitment to freedom, constitutionality and equality - came out of the Revolutionary era. The story is a dramatic one. Thirteen insignificant colonies of His Britannic Majesty King George III, three thousand miles from the centres of Western civilization, fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. It is also a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character? What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood's mastery of his subject, and of the historian's craft. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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