Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation by Young, Alfred F.

Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307455994)

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Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation by Young, Alfred F.

Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation

$16.95
Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation by Young, Alfred F.

Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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In twenty-two original essays, leading historians reveal the radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice and recognition to a generation of radical thinkers and doers whose revolutionary ideals outstripped those of the "Founding Fathers."

While the Founding Fathers advocated a break from Britain and espoused ideals of republican government, none proposed significant changes to the fabric of colonial society. Yet during this "revolutionary" period some people did believe that "liberty" meant "liberty for all" and that "equality" should be applied to political, economic, and religious spheres. Here are the stories of individuals and groups who exemplified the radical ideals of the American Revolution more in keeping with our own values today. This volume helps us to understand the social conflicts unleashed by the struggle for independence, the Revolution's achievements, and the unfinished agenda it left to future generations to confront.

Author: Alfred F. Young, Ray Raphael
ISBN-10: 0307455998
ISBN-13: 9780307455994
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2012
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
By Alfred F. Young
By Alfred F. Young
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Alfred F. Young was professor emeritus of history at Northern Illinois University and was a senior research fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He lives in Durham, North Carolina. He passed away in 2012.

Gary B. Nash is professor of history emeritus and director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

Ray Raphael is the author of A People's History of the American Revolution, Founding Myths, and several other books on the nation's founding. He lives in northern California.

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