The long American Revolution & its legacy / Lester D. Langley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langley, Lester D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence.

United States.

Revolutions--America--History.

Democracy--United States--History.

Democracy.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

United States--History.

America--History.

America.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

The long American Revolution and its legacy

Place of Publication:

Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This book brings together the author's personal and professional link to the long American Revolution in a narrative that spans more than 150 years and places the Revolution in multiple contexts -- from the local to the transatlantic and hemispheric and from racial and gendered to political, social, economic, and cultural perspectives. A descendant on his father's side from a long line of Kentuckians, the author grew up torn between a father who embodied the Revolution's poor white male driven by economic self-interest and racial prejudices and a devoted and pious mother who saw life and history as a morality play. The author's intellectual and professional 'encounter' with the American Revolution came in the 1960s as a young historian specializing in U.S. foreign relations and Latin American history, an era when the U.S. encounter with the Cuban Revolution in the hemisphere and the civil rights movement at home served as reminders of the lasting and troublesome legacy of a long American Revolution. In a sweeping narrative that incorporates both the traditional, iconic literature on the Revolution and more recent works in U.S., Canadian, Latin American, Caribbean, and Atlantic world history, the author addresses fundamental questions about the Revolution's meaning and legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A war of consequence

The beginning of the long American Revolution

The revolutionary equation

The republic in peril

The western question

The American democracy

The American war and peace

The end of the long American Revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780820355764

0820355763

9780820355740

0820355747

OCLC:

1091235586