The Revolution Is Now Begun : : The Radical Committees of Philadelphia, 1765-1776 /

The Revolution Is Now Begun : : The Radical Committees of Philadelphia, 1765-1776 / / Richard Alan Ryerson.

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The success of the American Revolution is less likely to be understood through an examination of its ideological origins than through a close analysis of the political processes by which principles, beliefs, and anxieties were translated into revolutionary action. This book offers the first detailed...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
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Ryerson, Richard Alan,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©1978
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Table of Symbols
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Progressive Challenge
  • Chapter 1. Pennsylvania's Old Regime
  • Chapter 2. The Birth of Radical Politics
  • Chapter 3. Founding the Committee System
  • Chapter 4. The Revolution of the Elite
  • Chapter 5. The Legitimization of Radical Politics
  • Chapter 6. Pennsylvanians Take up Arms
  • Chapter 7. The "Wordy War" for Independence
  • Chapter 8. The Revolution of the Middle Classes
  • Chapter 9. "The Revolution is Now Begun"
  • Chapter 10. The American Revolution and the Origin of Modern American Politics
  • Appendixes
  • A Note on Sources For Studying the Committee Movement
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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