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Zusatztext "Tightly though densely written! this expertly researched tome shakes the "stainless steel" history of the American Revolution to its core." — Publishers Weekly "You will never think about the Revolution in the same way." — Alfred F. Young ! author of Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson! Continental Soldier "What Nash does in The Unknown American Revolution is dislodge the founding fathers to give the dynamism of urban craftsmen! slaves! ‘dockside tars!' and ‘club-wielding farmers' a more prominent place in the history of the movement." — The Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor Gary B. Nash Klappentext In this audacious recasting of the American Revolution, distinguished historian Gary Nash offers a profound new way of thinking about the struggle to create this country, introducing readers to a coalition of patriots from all classes and races of American society. From millennialist preachers to enslaved Africans, disgruntled women to aggrieved Indians, the people so vividly portrayed in this book did not all agree or succeed, but during the exhilarating and messy years of this country's birth, they laid down ideas that have become part of our inheritance and ideals toward which we still strive today. Zusammenfassung In this audacious recasting of the American Revolution! distinguished historian Gary Nash offers a profound new way of thinking about the struggle to create this country! introducing readers to a coalition of patriots from all classes and races of American society. From millennialist preachers to enslaved Africans! disgruntled women to aggrieved Indians! the people so vividly portrayed in this book did not all agree or succeed! but during the exhilarating and messy years of this country's birth! they laid down ideas that have become part of our inheritance and ideals toward which we still strive today. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations XIII Introduction XV 1. Roots of Radicalism Jailbreaks at Newark 2 Christ's Poor 8 Little Carpenter's Dilemma 12 "The Mobbish Turn" in Boston 18 "Cum Multis Aegis" in Philadelphia 25 "Fondness for Freedom" 32 Heralds of Abolition 39 2. Years of Insurgence, 1761-1766 The Crowd Finds Its Own Mind 45 Restive Slaves 59 Stricken Conscience 62 The Great Indian Awakening 66 Insurgent Farmers 72 3. Building Momentum, 1766-1774 "The Rising Spirit of the People" 91 Backcountry Crises 103 "The Natural Rights of Africans" 114 Indian Hating on the Middle Ground 128 Out of the Shadows 133 Radical Religion 146 4. Reaching the Climax, 1776-1778 Abolitionism Under War Clouds 151 "Liberty to Slaves" 157 Logan's Lament 166 Plowmen and Leather Aprons 178 Breaking the Logjam 189 The Genie Unbottled 199 5. The Dual Revolution, 1776-1780 Unalienable Rights for Whom? 210 The Myth of the Minuteman 216 Fighting to Be Free 223 Rioting to Eat 232 Radical Loyalism 238 Choosing Sides 247 6. Writing on the Clean Slate, 1776-1780 First Attempts 266 A Militiaman's Constitution 268 The Frightened Response 277 Vermont and Maryland 280 E Pluribus Unum? 288 Betrayal in Massachussetts 290 7. Radicalism at Floodtide, 1778-1781 Blood in the Streets 307 New Choices for African Americans 320 Defending Virginia 339 Native American Agonies 345 Radical Mutineers 357 8. Taming the Revolution, 1780-1785 "Band of Brotherhood" 369 Peace Without Peace 376 Southern Fissures 387 Northern Struggles for Equity 395 Leaving America 402 Finding Freedom 407 Women of the Republic 417 Epilogue: Sparks from the Altar of '76
