{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-the-american-revolution-9780190257767","title":"The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution \u003c\/em\u003edraws on a wealth of new scholarship to create a vibrant dialogue among varied approaches to the revolution that made the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn thirty-three essays written by authorities on the period, the \u003cem\u003eHandbook \u003c\/em\u003ebrings to life the diverse multitudes of colonial North America and their extraordinary struggles before, during, and after the eight-year-long civil war that secured the independence of thirteen rebel colonies from their erstwhile colonial parent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters explore battles and diplomacy, economics and finance, law and culture, politics and society, gender, race, and religion. Its diverse cast of characters includes ordinary farmers and artisans, free and enslaved African Americans, Indians, and British and American statesmen and military leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to expanding the Revolution's \u003cem\u003ewho\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHandbook \u003c\/em\u003ebroadens its \u003cem\u003ewhere \u003c\/em\u003eportraying an event that far transcended the boundaries of what was to become the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It offers readers an American Revolution whose impact ranged far beyond the thirteen colonies. The \u003cem\u003eHandbook's \u003c\/em\u003erange of interpretive and methodological approaches captures the full scope of current revolutionary-era scholarship. Its authors, British and American scholars spanning several generations, include social, cultural, military, and imperial historians, as well as those who study politics, diplomacy, literature, gender, and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether and separately, these essays demonstrate that the American Revolution remains a vibrant and inviting subject of inquiry. Nothing comparable has been published in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward G. Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.60w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190257767\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward G. Gray\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of history at Florida State University. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eThe Making of John Ledyard: Empire and Ambition in the Life of an Early American Traveler \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNew World Babel: Languages and Nations in Early America\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJane Kamensky\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of History and Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. Her previous books include \u003cem\u003eThe Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGoverning the Tongue: The Politics of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpeech in Early New England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40586209558643,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":79.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e7ee5750-84a9-4c03-8660-d3b72663fb53.jpg?v=1668694624","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-american-revolution-9780190257767","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}