The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America

Gary B. Nash

ISBN 10: 0670034207 / ISBN 13: 9780670034208

Published by Viking, New York, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America
• Publisher: Viking, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670034207
• ISBN 13: 9780670034208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • History and Politics

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Synopsis

An exploration of the ideas and radical sentiments that prompted the American Revolution cites uprisings within every facet of American society, arguing that the war was a people's revolution and civil war, as well as an insurrection against colonial control. By the author of Red, White, and Black. 35,000 first printing.

About the Author

Gary B. Nash, professor of history at UCLA and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is the author of many distinguished works of American history, including Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America, First City, History on Trial, American Odyssey, Race and Revolution, Forging Freedom, Quakers and Politics, Landmarks of the American Revolution, and The Urban Crucible.