American Leviathan - Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier (Paperback, First)

The dark and bloody ground of the frontier during the years of the American Revolution created much that we associate with the idea of America. Between 1763 and 1795, westerners not only participated in a war of independence but also engaged in a revolution that ushered in fundamental changes in the relationship between individuals and society. In the West, the process was stripped down to its essence: uncertainty, competition, disorder, and frenzied and contradictory attempts to reestablish order. The violent nature of the contest to reconstitute sovereignty produced a revolutionary settlement, riddled with what we would regard as paradox, in which new notions of race went hand in hand with new definitions of citizenship. In the almost Hobbesian state of nature that the West had become, westerners created a liberating yet frightening vision of what society was to be. In vivid detail, Patrick Griffin recaptures a chaotic world of settlers, Indians, speculators, British regulars, and American and state officials vying with one another to remake the American West during its most formative period.

General

Imprint:	Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Patrick Griffin
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	382
Edition:	First
ISBN-13:	978-0-8090-2491-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8090-2491-8
Barcode:	9780809024919

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