Will of the People - The Revolutionary Birth of America

The author introduces readers to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions of the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, they took the reins of power and preserved a political culture based on the rule of law, creating America's political identity in the process.

About the author

T. H. Breen is John Kluge Professor of American Law and Governance at the Library of Congress and Founding Director of the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern University. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he has taught American history at Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale universities and is James Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont. He is the author of many books, including George Washington’s Journey, winner of the History Prize of the Society of the Cincinnati and finalist for the George Washington Book Prize; and Marketplace of Revolution, winner of the Society of Colonial Wars Book Award. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and Times Literary Supplement.

Summary

T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions of the Continental Congress and the Continental Army, they took the reins of power and preserved a political culture based on the rule of law, creating America's political identity in the process.

Product details

• Authors: T H Breen, T. H. Breen
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780674971790
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97179-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, military history, Revolutionary groups & movements, History of the Americas, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions