0000001216 00000 n Peter Lee. The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood (pp. The Radicalism of the American Revolution. 0000000016 00000 n The American Revolution: A History by Gordon S Wood. The American Revolution: A History by Gordon S. The American Revolution is no stranger to the tug and pull of partisan cheerleading posing as scholarship. These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. The American Revolution. The American Revolution Author: Gordon S. Professor Gordon Wood American Revolution. With the American Revolution ending with a new government in place, the. G ordon S. Wood, in his introduction to The Radicalism of the American Revolution, asserts that “the Revolution was the most radical and far reaching event in American history” (8), and it is this assertion that he sets out to prove.
Previous scholarship has labeled the American Revolution “conservative” because, unlike other revolutions before and after, it did not end in political chaos and blood baths. History 583. Gordon S. Wood. xref 0000001046 00000 n What were its consequences? settlers. No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. x�]ێ#Ǒ}�W�#X\օ7�id�m`wak+,��jvu�vH]$�5�L ��=�Q���Y���o�߳9�Ym�l�Y�d?fG���&��+��-�j��5��ٷ��ȶ��_�rȳ?t��gE�W���e�ϖk����l�����:[/FP1���*s���l��/f�*[U�Y���|V. 0000082813 00000 n Gordon Wood writes a somewhat celebratory account of the radical democratizing effects of the American Revolution. Dr. Devine. Wood The American Revolution: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) Category: Revolution & Founding Publisher: Modern Library (August 19, 2003) Language: English Pages: 224 ISBN: 978-0812970418 Size: 30.21 MB Format. 0000050387 00000 n Uploaded by Lotu Tii on November 4, 2013.
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