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In twenty-two original essays, leading historians reveal the
radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is
a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice
and recognition to a generation of radical thinkers and doers whose
revolutionary ideals outstripped those of the "Founding
Fathers."
While the Founding Fathers advocated a break from Britain and
espoused ideals of republican government, none proposed significant
changes to the fabric of colonial society. Yet during this
"revolutionary" period some people "did" believe that "liberty"
meant "liberty for all" and that "equality" should be applied to
political, economic, and religious spheres. Here are the stories of
individuals and groups who exemplified the radical ideals of the
American Revolution more in keeping with our own values today. This
volume helps us to understand the social conflicts unleashed by the
struggle for independence, the Revolution's achievements, and the
unfinished agenda it left to future generations to confront.
Many people know about the Boston Tea Party and 'the shot heard
'round the world' that began the American Revolution, but 16 months
divided these two iconic events, a period that has nearly been lost
to history. The Spirit of '74 fills in this gap in America's
founding narrative, showing how in these mislaid months, step by
step, real people made a revolution. This exciting text places
America's founding moment in a rich and new historical context,
both changing and deepening its meaning.
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Founders (Paperback)
Ray Raphael
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Historian Ray Raphael has chosen seven representative
characters--some famous, some unknown--to anchor a sweeping new
history of the entire Founding Era, from the beginnings of unrest
in 1761 through the passage of the Bill of Rights thirty years
later. Readers experience the Revolutionary War by following the
lives of both George Washington and a private soldier in his army.
America's richest merchant, who rescued the nation from bankruptcy,
goes head-to-head with a peripatetic revolutionary who incited
rebellion in seven states. Rounding out the company is a richly
nuanced cast of other characters, including Mercy Otis Warren, the
most politically engaged woman of the times; a common village
blacksmith; and a conservative slave owner, together with his
abolitionist son. The culmination of Raphael's extensive research
into the history and meaning of our nation's origins, "Founders"
returns us to the dynamic roots of American patriotism.
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray
Raphael's "Founding Myths" has since established itself as a
landmark of historical myth-busting. With the author's trademark
wit and flair, "Founding Myths" exposes the errors and inventions
in America's most cherished tales, from Paul Revere's famous ride
to Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech. For the seventy
thousand readers who have been captivated by Raphael's eye-opening
accounts, history has never been the same.
In this revised tenth-anniversary edition, Raphael revisits the
original myths and explores their further evolution over the past
decade, uncovering new stories and peeling back additional layers
of misinformation. This new edition also examines the highly
politicized debates over America's past, as well as how school
textbooks and popular histories often reinforce rather than correct
historical mistakes.
A book that "explores the truth behind the stories of the making of
our nation" (National Public Radio), this revised edition of
"Founding Myths" will be a welcome resource for anyone seeking to
separate historical fact from fiction.
A People's History Of The American Revolution draws upon diaries,
personal letters and other Revolutionary-era treasures, weaving a
thrilling, 'you are there' narrative - 'a tapestry that uses
individual experiences to illustrate the larger stories' (Los
Angeles Times Book Review). In the trademark style of Howard Zinn,
Raphael shifts the focus away from George Washington and Thomas
Jefferson to the slaves they owned, the natives they displaced and
the men and boys who did the fighting.
According to the traditional telling, the American Revolution began
with "the shot heard round the world." Now in paperback, Ray
Raphael's The First American Revolution uses the wide-angle lens of
a people's historian to tell a surprising new story of America's
revolutionary struggle. In the years before the battle of Lexington
and Concord, local people--men and women of common means but of
uncommon courage--overturned British authority and declared
themselves free from colonial oppression, with acts of rebellion
that long predated the Boston Tea Party. In rural towns such as
Worcester, Massachusetts, democracy set down roots well before the
Boston patriots made their moves in the fight for independence.
Richly documented, The First American Revolution recaptures in
vivid detail the grassroots activism that drove events in the years
leading up to the break from Britain.
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