Many Identities, One Nation: The Revolution and Its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic

by Liam Riordan

Book Overview

The richly diverse population of the mid-Atlantic region distinguished it from the homogeneity of Puritan New England and the stark differences of the plantation South that still dominate our understanding of early America. In Many Identities, One Nation, Liam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identities among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Attending...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220501
• ISBN13: 9780812220506
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"