Peter Oliver's "Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion": A Tory View

by Peter Oliver

Book Overview

One difficulty in writing a balanced history of the American Revolution arises in part from its success as a creator of our nation and our nationalistic sentiment. Unlike the Civil War, unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced no lingering social trauma in the United States-it is a historic event widely applauded by Americans today as both necessary and desirable. But one consequence of this happy unanimity is that the chief...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804706018
• ISBN13: 9780804706018
• Release Date: June 1961
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"