The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764-1776
A Library of America Boxed Set
$135.39
- Hardcover
1 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
For the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood presents a landmark collection of British and American pamphlets from the political debate that divided an empire and created a nation.
In 1764, in the wake of its triumph in the Seven Years War, Great Britain possessed the largest and most powerful empire the world had seen since the fall of Rome, and its North American colonists were justly proud of their vital place within this glo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598534108 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598534106 |
| Author: | Gordon S. Wood |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.36kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 70mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This collection of pamphlets from the American Revolution is timely, important, and judiciously selected, which is no surprise given that Gordon S. Wood is the most insightful and accomplished scholar of the intellectual origins and consequences of the Revolution. These volumes are a great and fitting addition to the Library of America series.”
— Alan Taylor, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History
“Gordon S. Wood’s grasp of the dynamics of the Imperial debate that culminated in American independence is unsurpassed. By including all sides of the controversy Wood has created the most discriminating and revealing collection of sources we have on the emerging ideology of the Revolution.”
— Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut
“These volumes make a valuable contribution to the learning and teaching of American history. The men who wrote the script for national independence were strong, daring thinkers and skilled writers, with their lives at stake and their conscience in their pens. Their great gift to us lives on in this splendid collection.”
— Michael McGiffert, Editor Emeritus, The William and Mary Quarterly
About The Author
Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. His books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Radicalism of the American Revolution, the Bancroft Prize-winning The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, The Purpose of the Past- Reflections on the Uses of History, and Empire of Liberty- A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, for the Oxford History of the United States. He writes frequently for The New York Review of Books, among other publications. In 2011 Wood was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
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