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With the publication of Liberty Tree, acclaimed historian Alfred F. Young presents a selection of his seminal writing as well as two provocative, ... More

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The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution draws on a wealth of new scholarship to create a vibrant dialogue among varied approaches to the ... More

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This comprehensive documentary source book provides a case-study approach to American colonial history and serves as a problems source book on the ... More

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The story of the ideas, people, and events that culminated in Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he did not envision that it would become the most famous and revered statement of human ... More

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American political culture and military necessity were at odds during the War for American Independence, as demonstrated in this interpretation of ... More

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Revolutionary America explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers of North America rebelled ... More

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Wood makes new the story of how and why the American colonies grew apart from and broke with their mother country, establishing a fundamentally new ... More

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Leonard L. Richards provides a clear picture of Shays's Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long ... More

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In this gripping, thoroughly researched volume of Southern conflict during the American Revolution, Walter Edgar brings to life the battles, the ... More

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Scrappy farmers. Aristocratic landowners. Eccentric geniuses. These were the rebels who took on the world's greatest power?and won. From the ... More

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Ask most Americans why their forefathers started the Revolution, and they'll likely mention "no taxation without representation" or the belief in ... More

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Through decades of searching, the First Federal Congress Project has collected primary material documenting the debates, decisions, and thoughts of ... More

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During the years from 1789 to 1801, the republican political institutions forged by the American Constitution were put to the test. A new nation - ... More

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"Thomas Paine, a native of Thetford, England, arrived in America's coloines with little in the way of money, reputation, or prospects, though he did ... More

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A sure-to-be-popular fun quiz book from the author of the bestselling Do You Know... series.

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John Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for ... More

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As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, this examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the ... More

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"David Ramsay's premier work of American historiography is now available for the first time in a well-edited reprint. Lester Cohen's foreword is an ... More

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Moving beyond traditional texts, this revealing volume explores the world of the average citizens who played an integral part in the Revolutionary ... More

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A fascinating story of the Boston Tea Party and its legacy.... James Van Ness is a respected scholar of the American Revolutionary era and an ... More

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Theres a reassuring solidity to battlefield analyses made by a historian whos seen actual battlefields. 1781 saw the effective end of large-scale ... More

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