Books > History > American history
|
Not currently available
American Leviathan - Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier (Paperback, First)
Loot Price: R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
You Save: R81
(14%)
|
|
American Leviathan - Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier (Paperback, First)
(sign in to rate)
List price R578
Loot Price R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
You Save R81 (14%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
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
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.