American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People

by T.H. Breen

Book Overview

Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. 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. This is the compelling story of our national political origins that most Americans do not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809075881
• ISBN13: 9780809075881
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"