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"A unique and captivating interpretation of American independence, and one that is more democratic than traditional histories of the period." -Chicago TribuneIn 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.
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Politics and government, Democracy, Radicalism, Influence, Nonfiction, Causes, History, 15.85 history of America, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), War, Amerikanische Revolution, American war of independence, Revolution, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, United states, politics and government, 1775-1783, Démocratie, Histoire, Radicalisme, Politique et gouvernementPlaces
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""CAN AMERICA BE HAPPY UNDER A GOVERNMENT OF HER OWN?" asked Thomas Paine, the thirty-seven-year-old immigrant, just sixteen months after arriving in Philadelphia on November 30, 1774."
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