A Revolutionary People at War - The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783

Informationen zum Autor Charles Royster, Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University, is the author of The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times , Light-Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolution and The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans , which received the Bancroft Prize, the Lincoln Prize, and the Charles S. Sydnor Award in Southern History. Klappentext In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980. Zusammenfassung This text explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. The author aims to present a portrait of how individuals and the populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications.

Product details

• Authors: Omohundro Institute of Early American Hi, Charles Royster
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780807846063
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-4606-3
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Published for the Omohundro In; Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous