The radicalism of the American Revolution / Gordon S. Wood.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1993.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: x, 447 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679736883
  • 9780679736882
Other title:
  • American Revolution
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 209 .W65 1993
Contents:
pt. I. Monarchy. Hierarchy ; Patricians and plebeians ; Patriarchal dependence ; Patronage ; Political authority -- pt. II. Republicanism. Republicanization of monarchy ; Truncated society ; Enlightened paternalism ; Revolution ; Enlightenment ; Benevolence -- pt. III. Democracy. Equality ; Interests ; Assault on aristocracy ; Democratic officeholding ; World within themselves.
Summary: Examines colonial society and the transformations in colonial life that resulted from the republican tendencies brought to the surface by the Revolution.
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Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-430) and index.

pt. I. Monarchy. Hierarchy ; Patricians and plebeians ; Patriarchal dependence ; Patronage ; Political authority -- pt. II. Republicanism. Republicanization of monarchy ; Truncated society ; Enlightened paternalism ; Revolution ; Enlightenment ; Benevolence -- pt. III. Democracy. Equality ; Interests ; Assault on aristocracy ; Democratic officeholding ; World within themselves.

Examines colonial society and the transformations in colonial life that resulted from the republican tendencies brought to the surface by the Revolution.

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