"the people," the founders, and the troubled ending of the American Revolution /
نام نخستين پديدآور
Terry Bouton.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
New York :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Oxford University Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2007.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
1 online resource (x, 332 pages) :
ساير جزييات
illustrations
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-316) and index.
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Oppression : the origins of the American revolution -- The vision of '76 : popular ideology and the revolution -- The gospel of moneyed men : the gentry's new ideals -- The sheriff's wagon : the crisis of the 1780s -- Equal power : "the people" attempt to reclaim the revolution -- The problem with politics : why reform fell short -- Rings of protection : popular resistance during the 1780s -- "A stronger barrier against democracy" : the struggle over constitutions -- Roads closed : desperate opposition to the new order -- The Pennsylvania regulation of 1794 : a rebellion over whiskey? -- The Pennsylvania regulation of 1799 : John Fries's rebellion?
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Americans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers, the noble group of men who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the Revolutionary elite often seemed as determined to squash democracy after the war as they were to support it before. Centering on Pennsylvania, the symbolic and logistical center of the Revolution, Bouton shows how this radical shift in ideology spelled tragedy for hundreds of common people. Leading up to the Revolution, Pennsylvanians were unit.
یادداشتهای مربوط به نیازمندی های سیستم (منابع الکترونیک)و جزئیات فنی
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.