Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions
In 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational ……続きを見る
Europe’s crucial contribution to the achievement of American independence.
American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And wit……続きを見る
America’s War for Independence dramatically affected the speed and nature of broader social, cultural, and political changes including those shaping the place and roles of women in society. Women fo……続きを見る
In Practicing Democracy, eleven historians challenge conventional narratives of democratization in the early United States, offering new perspectives on the period between the ratification of the Co……続きを見る
The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. American……続きを見る
The emergence of the early American republic as a new nation on the world stage conjured rival visions in the eyes of leading statesmen at home and attentive observers abroad. Thomas Jefferson envis……続きを見る
Washington’s Government shows how George Washington’s administrationーthe subject of remarkably little previous studyーwas both more dynamic and more uncertain than previously thought. Rather than s……続きを見る
Freemasonry in the Revolutionary Atlantic World unveils the hidden history of the 18th-century Masonic movement and its profound influence on trans-Atlantic trade, politics, and social transformatio……続きを見る
Students, history buffs and anyone interested in our founding fathers and crucial people and events that led to the formation of America can easily find answers at their fingertips. This 6-page time……続きを見る
Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of th……続きを見る
New York Times Book Review ー Editors’ Choice • Chicago Tribune ー "60 Best Reads for Right Now" • St. Louis Post-Dispatch ー "50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading"
Challenging conventional wis……続きを見る
“Astonishing individual portraits” reveal the surprising and strange fates of the 56 Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence (School Library Journal).
In the summer of 1776, a gr……続きを見る
Here is the story of the fateful marriage of the richest woman in Virginia and the man who could have been king. In telling their story, Chadwick explains not only their remarkable devotion to each ……続きを見る
How a young general shaped a nation ー a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first president
The American Revolution was won not on the battlefields,……続きを見る
An absorbing, insightful profile of the revolutionary leader, president, husband, and father from one of our best historians, now in a beautiful new package.
John Adams was unique among the nation’s……続きを見る
Get a new view of American history with this collection of fun, fact-filled biographies revealing the untold stories of the 39 statesmen who signed the U.S. Constitution.
A companion book to Signing……続きを見る
Through portraits of four figuresーCharles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah WebsterーJoseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolut……続きを見る
