The Debate on the American Revolution

by Morgan, Gwenda

• ISBN13: 9780719052422
• ISBN10: 0719052424
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This book is the first in-depth study of the way in which historians have dealt with the coming of the American Revolution and the formation of the Constitution. The approach is thematic, examining how historians in different periods interpreted these events and their causes and, more contentiously, their meaning.

Author Biography

Gwenda Morgan is Reader in History and American Studies at the University of Sunderland.

Table of Contents

General editor's foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The pioneers	p. 7
'Noble ideals and ignoble interests'	p. 50
Present at the creation: the making of the Federal Constitution	p. 95
Ideology, slavery and original intent	p. 132
African Americans: resistance and revolution	p. 175
'A new era in female history'	p. 215
The Indians, the west and the Revolution	p. 254
Conclusion	p. 297
Further reading	p. 303
Index	p. 307
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