The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Author | : Gordon S. Wood |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1993-03-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780679736882 |
ISBN-13 | : 0679736883 |
Rating | : 4/5 (883 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Radicalism of the American Revolution by : Gordon S. Wood
Download or read book The Radicalism of the American Revolution written by Gordon S. Wood and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1993-03-02 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.