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Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams
Maier
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paperback. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 198 x 135. Weight in Grams: 310.
The “old revolutionaries” were Samuel Adams, Isaac Sears, Thomas Young, Richard Henry Lee, and Charles Carroll, five men of widely varying backgrounds who played significant roles in the American Revolution. What motivations brought these different men together and made them decide to join the movement for Independence? In telling their stories, Pauline Maier explores the American Revolution not so much as a collective movement as a commitment to an ideal republic—which different people interpreted differently. Pauline Maier has written a new Introduction to the Norton paperback edition, in which she discusses the Old Revolutionaries’ pertinence to current debates over liberalism ... Read more
The “old revolutionaries” were Samuel Adams, Isaac Sears, Thomas Young, Richard Henry Lee, and Charles Carroll, five men of widely varying backgrounds who played significant roles in the American Revolution. What motivations brought these different men together and made them decide to join the movement for Independence? In telling their stories, Pauline Maier explores the American Revolution not so much as a collective movement as a commitment to an ideal republic—which different people interpreted differently. Pauline Maier has written a new Introduction to the Norton paperback edition, in which she discusses the Old Revolutionaries’ pertinence to current debates over liberalism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393306637
SKU
V9780393306637
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About Maier
Pauline Maier is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of History at MIT. Pauline Maier is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of History at MIT.
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