Black Patriots and Loyalists - Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence

Informationen zum Autor Alan Gilbert is a John Evans Professor in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He is the author of Marx's Politics: Communists and Citizens! Democratic Individuality! and Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy? Klappentext We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. In this book"! the author asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War! to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom! black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Zusammenfassung We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. In this book"! the author asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War! to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom! black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Gilbert, Gilbert Alan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2012
• EAN: 9780226293073
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29307-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)