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Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American Revolution
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by Alfred Young
Sales Rank: 827460
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 372 pages
Published by: NYU Press November 6, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0814796869
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0814796863
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This fascinating collection of essays by Young (The American Revolution and Beyond the American Revolution) makes a gripping display of the American historian's efforts to construct a more inclusive, nuanced vision of the Revolutionary War era. Drawing from his work since 1980, the essays cover a wide range of topics (such as the growth of laborer class consciousness, the women of Boston and the Revolution, Oliver Cromwell as a revolutionary symbol, and recommendations for improving Boston's Freedom Trail) that showcase Young's skills in direct historical analysis as well as in deconstructing the methods and assumptions of historians and historical exhibitions. A social historian committed to rounding out our cultural memory, Young includes traditionally marginalized groups (women, the poor, the working class, African Americans and Native Americans), but is interested neither in adding token representations nor in replacing the founding fathers. Rather, Young seeks to re-imagine the Revolutionary War era holistically, and what emerges is not only a first look at key but forgotten Revolutionary players, but also a fresh look at figures like Hamilton, Revere and Adams, portrayed here with a richness and humanity lacking in more celebratory treatments. Although these are serious academic essays, Young's prose is clear and concise, and he judiciously relegates the more technical, scholarly matters to end notes. The result is a work that will be of equal interest to professional scholars and amateur historians.
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Washington Times
"The key point that shines through all these essays is how dependent our hallowed Founding heroes were on the shifting political alliances they had to form with citizens of lower economic status in order to provide the leadership we honor them for today.[I]t is small wonder that the debate over whether government should be responsive to, or rather wary of, the mass of ordinary citizens remains central to American politics to this day. This book is a valuable tool for understanding that debate."
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