American Insurgents, American Patriots The Revolution of the People

by Breen, T. H.

• ISBN13: 9780809075881
• ISBN10: 0809075881
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-11
• Publisher: Hill and Wang

Summary

Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans--most of them members of farm families living in small communities--were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority during the American Revolution.

Author Biography

T. H. Breen is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University. The author of several works of history, Breen has also written for The New York Times Magazine, the London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, and The New York Times Book Review. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Revolutionary World of Matthew Patten	p. 3
The Face of Colonial Society	p. 21
Ghost Stories in a Time of Political Crisis	p. 52
Revenge of the Countryside	p. 76
Reaching Out to Others	p. 99
The Power of Rumor: The Day the British Destroyed Boston	p. 129
The Association: The Second Stage of Insurgency	p. 160
Schools of Revolution	p. 185
Insurgents in Power	p. 207
An Appeal to Heaven: Religion and Rights	p. 241
Endgames of Empire	p. 275
Notes	p. 301
Acknowledgments	p. 325
Index	p. 327
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