Revolutionary category: 2684 books

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The Power of the Purse

A History of American Public Finance, 1776-1790

by E. James Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

In The Power of the Purse, E. James Ferguson examines the intricate financial history of the American Revolution and the Confederation and connects it to political and constitutional developments in the period. Whether states or Congress should pay the debts of the Revolution and collect the taxes...
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Point Pleasant 1774

Prelude to the American Revolution

by John F. Winkler
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014

The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Following increased tensions and a series of incidents between the American settlers and the natives, Dunmore, the last colonial...
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Appealing for Liberty

Freedom Suits in the South

by Loren Schweninger
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018

Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country. Appealing for Liberty is the most comprehensive study to give voice to these African Americans, drawing from more...
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Connecticut Families of the Revolution

American Forebears from Burr to Wolcott

by Mark Allen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014

Some of the most prominent families of the American Revolution proudly hailed from Connecticut. Committed to the pursuit of freedom, men like Major General David Wooster led troops into battle, while Samuel Huntington and others risked it all by signing the Declaration of Independence. Women might have...
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Baroness von Riedesel and the American Revolution

Journal and Correspondence of a Tour of Duty, 1776-1783

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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017

These journal accounts and letters form one of the most engaging and readable accounts of the American Revolution. Written with directness, simplicity, and charm by the wife of the commanding general of Brunswick troops in the British army, the narrative reveals the conditions in revolutionary America. Originally...
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American Lazarus

Religion and the Rise of African American and Native American Literatures

by Joanna Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2003

The 1780s and 1790s were a critical era for communities of color in the new United States of America. Even Thomas Jefferson observed that in the aftermath of the American Revolution, "the spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust." This book explores the means by which...
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William Diamond'S Drum

The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution

by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013

William Diamond's drum roll in 1775 was the call to arms for the farmers and villagers in Massachusetts that began the American revolution. The book is a well researched history of the war and various battles therein. It is written in a manner to make for an exciting retelling of history.
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by David Humphreys
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000

David Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American Revolution. His Life of Israel Putnam, originally published in 1788, has rightly been described as “the first biography of an American written by an American.” It is, as William C. Dowling observes, “a classic of revolutionary...
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by John Codman
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012

One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule, forming the United States of America. After the shot heard round the world on April 19, 1775, at the...
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by George H. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017

For almost a century after the U.S. Constitution went into effect, few Americans seem to have questioned the legitimacy of the Revolution. Since the Progressive generation of historians began the work of serious criticism and revision, however, students of American life have largely learned to live with...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013

The enormous popularity of his pamphlet Common Sense made Thomas Paine one of the best-known patriots during the early years of American independence. His subsequent service with the Continental Army, his publication of The American Crisis (1776–83), and his work with Pennsylvania’s revolutionary...
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A Warring Nation

Honor, Race, and Humiliation in America and Abroad

by Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

In this culminating work of a long and distinguished career, historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown looks at the theme of honor—a subject on which he was the acknowledged expert—and places it in a broader historical and cultural context than ever before. Wyatt-Brown begins with the contention that...
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The End of the Revolution

China and the Limits of Modernity

by Wang Hui
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

The End of the Revolution shatters the myth that China’s recent history has been a miracle of progress. In this original and wide-ranging study, Wang Hui examines the intellectual roots of his nation’s social and political problems, arguing that China’s revolutionary history and its current...
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American Leaders and Heroes

Illustrated Edition

by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018

This edition presents incredible lives of some of the most notable persons of American history. It is hoped that this book will furnish reader's mind some conception of what American history is, and at the same time stimulate an abiding interest in historical and biographical reading. Contents: Christopher...
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