Debate on the American Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Gwenda Morgan is Reader in History and American Studies at the University of Sunderland Klappentext 'Who will write the History of the American Revolution' asked a worried John Adams, and 'who will ever write it? This book is an attempt to answer these questions. Examining the many histories of the American Revolution and Constitution, it looks at how the transition from amateur to professional transformed the interpretation of the Revolution. Zusammenfassung ‘Who will write the History of the American Revolution’ asked a worried John Adams, and ‘who will ever write it? This book is an attempt to answer these questions. Examining the many histories of the American Revolution and Constitution, it looks at how the transition from amateur to professional transformed the interpretation of the Revolution. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionCh. 1 PioneersCh. 2 The 'Noble' and the 'Ignoble'Ch. 3 Present at the creation: The making of the constitutionCh. 4 Ideology, slavery and original IntentCh. 5 African Americans: resistance and revolutionCh. 6 'A new era in female history'Ch. 7 The Indians, the west and the RevolutionConclusionIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gwenda Morgan, Morgan Gwenda
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780719052422
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-5242-2
• Seiten: 336
• Serien: Issues in Historiography; Issues in Historiography
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599