Whose American Revolution Was It?: Historians Interpret the Founding

by Gregory Nobles and Alfred F. Young

Book Overview

The meaning of the American Revolution has always been a much-contested question, and asking it is particularly important today: the standard, easily digested narrative puts the Founding Fathers at the head of a unified movement, failing to acknowledge the deep divisions in Revolutionary-era society and the many different historical interpretations that have followed. Whose American Revolution Was It? speaks both to the ways diverse groups of Americans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814797113
• ISBN13: 9780814797112
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"