American Revolution

People and Perspectives

Andrew K. Frank

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN:
  9781851097036
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781851097081
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early American History
• Index: History

Moving beyond traditional texts, this revealing volume explores the world of the average citizens who played an integral part in the Revolutionary era of American history.

American Revolution looks at one of the most significant eras in American history through the eyes of its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection of essays demonstrating how the wrenching transformation from English colonies to an emerging nation affected Americans from all walks of life.

American Revolution features the work of 14 accomplished social historians, whose findings are adding new dimensions to our understanding of the Revolutionary era. But some of the most fascinating contributions to this volume come from the people themselves—the anecdotes, letters, diaries, journalism, and other documents that convey the experiences of the full spectrum of American society in the mid- to late-18th century (including women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, soldiers, children, laborers, Quakers, sailors, and farmers).

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Series Introduction
• Introduction
• About the Editor and Contributors
• Chronology
• 1 Independence on the Land: Small Farmers and the American Revolution
• 2 An “Epidemical Fury of Emigration”: The Flight of the Non-English into the Colonies on the Eve of the American Revolutionary War
• 3 “Self-Evident Truths” on Trial: African Americans in the American Revolution
• 4 “The Times Have Turned Everything Topside Down”: Native Americans and the American Revolution
• 5 Redcoats, Regulators, and the Rattletrap: The Backcountry Experience during the American Revolution
• 6 “Born in the Midst of Bloodshed and Battles”: Children during the American Revolution
• 7 “An Exceeding Dirty and Nasty People”: Enlisted Men in the Continental Army
• 8 “Both Parties Trembled for the Ark of God”: Transatlantic Methodism and the American Revolution
• 9 “This Time of Deep Affliction and Difficulty”: The Society of Friends and the American Revolution
• 10 A Sea of Rebellion: Maritime Workers in the Age of the American Revolution
• 11 Ladies of Liberty: The Lives of Women during the American Revolution
• 12 “Allegiance to a Fall’n Lord”: The Loyalist Experience in the American Revolution
• Primary Documents
• Reference
• Bibliography
• Index