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Read [Alan Taylor Book] * American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power.With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist le
| Title | : | American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393082814 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Conflict ignited on the frontier, where settlers clamored to push west into Indian lands against British restrictions, and in the seaboard cities, where commercial elites mobilized riots and boycotts to resist British tax policies. Taylor skillfully draws France, Spain, and native powers into a comprehensive narrative of the war that delivers the major battles, generals, and common soldiers with insight and power.With discord smoldering in the fragile new nation through the 1780s, nationalist leaders such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton sought to restrain unruly state democracies and consolidate power in a Federal Constitution. White settlement and black slavery spread west, setting the stage for a civil war that nearly destroyed the union created by the founders. From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, a fresh, authoritative history that recasts our thinking about America’s founding period.The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event who
He is the author of many acclaimed books in early American history and has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History. Alan Taylor is Thomas Jefferson Professor of History at the University of Virginia. . His most recent book, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, won the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award
In vivid prose animated by prodigious research, Taylor reveals the fight for the independence of the United States as a bloody civil war in which violence and division were the norms and clarity of purpose the exception. “An epic, landmark history that places the American Revolution on a global stage while never losing sight of the struggles and sufferings of major and minor characters… Taylor’s range is masterful.” (Jill Lepore, author of Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin)“A
I've thoroughly enjoyed his earlier work Robert Walker I read Alan Taylor perhaps differently than a couple of these reviewers. I've thoroughly enjoyed his earlier work, and yes, there does appear to be some re-cycling of information from earlier work. But this does not take away from what I read as the intent and focus of the work. I read this text as an extended essay - an attempt to explain some of the root factors that contribute to the nation we inhabit today. The book certainly disinfects the propaganda most of us were taught in high schools and to some extent in universities. The 2016 race for president makes ev. "A Different View Back" according to Christian Schlect. A book that provokes serious thought about our nation's critical formative years. Dr. Taylor tends to see the negative and portray the events of the day as the triumph of the white-male colonial elites, who, largely lived in the port cities and were interested in money and power, over the poor, the farmers, Native Americans, and, of course, the slaves. This history undoubtedly helps one understand the antecedents of the racial problems that still simmer in today's society.I found interesting discussions of the interplay of the three major European empires of the da. but involving people who want just to be left alone to pursue their happiness make us rethink the stakes of the Revolution for . Russell Motter Alan Taylor knows as much as any contemporary historian about this period in American history. He has written a highly readable, even entertaining book about the Revolution. By broadening both geographic and chronological boundaries of the period, readers see the Revolution in new ways. Events on the frontier take on new meanings as Indians become political and military actors in a retelling of a story we think we know well. Internal tensions between not just loyalists and patriots, but involving people who want just to be left alone to pursue their happiness make
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