Revolutionary Period 1775 1800 category: 1601 books
by Robert W. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The period between 1775 and 1815 could be called the “critical period” of American foreign relations. At no time in American history was the existence of the republic in greater physical peril. Questions of foreign policy dominated American public life in a way unequalled until World War II. From...
The First American Revolution
Before Lexington and Concord
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The original rebels: “Brings into clear focus events and identities of ordinary people who should share the historic limelight with the Founding Fathers.” —Publishers Weekly
According to the traditional telling, the American Revolution began with “the shot heard ’round the world.”...
Taming Democracy
"The People," the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Americans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers, the noble group of men who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the Revolutionary elite often seemed as determined...
by Paul Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 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 Battle...
by Stephen Conway
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something a mythic character, especially in the United States. From the Boston Tea...
Sex among the Rabble
An Intimate History of Gender and Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Placing sexual culture at the center of power relations in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia, Clare A. Lyons uncovers a world where runaway wives challenged their husbands' patriarchal rights and where serial and casual sexual relationships were commonplace. By reading popular representations of sex...
Warriors Seven
Seven American Commanders, Seven Wars, and the Irony of Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2006
Warriors Seven offers a fascinating collection of American commander “profiles” written in a lively and graphic style. The unique aspect of Dr. Sneiderman’s approach is that each essay sketches the ironic twists of fate that befell these men at or near the peak of their careers.
The subjects...
Great Issues in American History, Vol. I
From Settlement to Revolution, 1584-1776
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
This first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse...
by Harry Gratwick
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
In 1775, Captain Henry Mowat infamously ordered the burning of Falmouth--now Portland. That act cast him as the arch-villain in the state's Revolutionary history, but Mowat's impact on Maine went far beyond a single order. The Scottish Mowat began his North American career by surveying the Maine coast,...
The Road to Mobocracy
Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revolutionary period through the Jacksonian era. During that time, the mob lost its traditional, institutional role as corporate safety valve and social corrective, tolerated by public officials. It became...
by Richard R. Beeman
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
On the eve of the American Revolution there existed throughout the British-American colonial world a variety of contradictory expectations about the political process. Not only was there disagreement over the responsibilities of voters and candidates, confusion extended beyond elections to the relationship...
The Spirit of '74
How the American Revolution Began
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
How ordinary people went from resistance to revolution: “[A] concise, lively narrative . . . the authors expertly build tension.” —Publishers Weekly
Americans know about the Boston Tea Party and “the shot heard ’round the world,” but sixteen months divided these two iconic events,...
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
For the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents a landmark collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that divided an empire and created a nation: In 1764, in the wake of its triumph in the Seven Years War,...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
*Chronicles the major events that brought about the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and the Battles of Lexington & Concord. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes a Table of Contents. "The Revolution...