Publication

2008 - University of Virginia Press

Language

English

Word Count

119,000 words, Guess

Page Count

476 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780615196374
  • ISBN-100615196373
  • OCLC Control Number230956966
  • Better World Books9780615196374
  • Open LibraryOL28743764M

Classifications

  • LCCE297 .F76 2008

Description

"The wide-ranging lectures, papers, addresses, and studies collected in this volume, presented in sequence, offer a unique view of the way our knowledge and understanding of the American Revolution and its aftermath have evolved over the years. Drawn from talks given to the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, the selections range in date from the late eighteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. In form, they range from ceremonious orations packed with classical references and scriptural allusions, through genealogical studies and independent research on little-known military clashes, to scholarly consideration of the stresses that played themselves out in the forming of our Constitution. Their evolution helps illuminate the American story."--Jacket.

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