Liberty Tree

Author : Alfred F. Young
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814796856

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With the publication of Liberty Tree, acclaimed historian Alfred F. Young presents a selection of his seminal writing as well as two provocative, never-before-published essays. Together, they take the reader on a journey through the American Revolution, exploring the role played by ordinary women and men (called, at the time, people out of doors) in shaping events during and after the Revolution, their impact on the Founding generation of the new American nation, and finally how this populist side of the Revolution has fared in public memory. Drawing on a wide range of sources, which include not only written documents but also material items like powder horns, and public rituals like parades and tarring and featherings, Young places ordinary Americans at the center of the Revolution. For example, in one essay he views the Constitution of 1787 as the result of an intentional accommodation by elites with non-elites, while another piece explores the process of ongoing negotiations would-be rulers conducted with the middling sort; women, enslaved African Americans, and Native Americans. Moreover, questions of history and modern memory are engaged by a compelling examination of icons of the Revolution, such as the pamphleteer Thomas Paine and Boston's Freedom Trail. For over forty years, history lovers, students, and scholars alike have been able to hear the voices and see the actions of ordinary people during the Revolutionary Era, thanks to Young's path-breaking work, which seamlessly blends sophisticated analysis with compelling and accessible prose. From his award-winning work on mechanics, or artisans, in the seaboard cities of the Northeast to the all but forgotten liberty tree, a major popular icon of the Revolution explored in depth for the first time, Young continues to astound readers as he forges new directions in the history of the American Revolution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Campaign literature, 1856
ISBN : OCLC:20728789

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The Liberty Tree by Anonim Pdf

Author : Suzanne Harrington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0857899430

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The Liberty Tree by Suzanne Harrington Pdf

Touching and brutally honest, 'The Liberty Tree' raises questions many of us will find difficult to answer but is ultimately life-affirming. Suzanne Harris did all the things adults do long before she'd grown up. She married, had babies, was homeless for a while - and drank. Later freed from her demons she embraced life, while her husband chose escape. She wrote this for the memory of Leo, and for their children.

Author : Lucille Recht Penner
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : United States
ISBN : 0679834826

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The Liberty Tree by Lucille Recht Penner Pdf

An illustrated history of the events that led to the American Revolution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Campaign literature, 1856
ISBN : OCLC:20728789

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The Liberty Tree by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alfred F. Young
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814796863

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Liberty Tree by Alfred F. Young Pdf

With the publication of Liberty Tree, acclaimed historian Alfred F. Young presents a selection of his seminal writing as well as two provocative, never-before-published essays. Together, they take the reader on a journey through the American Revolution, exploring the role played by ordinary women and men (called, at the time, people out of doors) in shaping events during and after the Revolution, their impact on the Founding generation of the new American nation, and finally how this populist side of the Revolution has fared in public memory. Drawing on a wide range of sources, which include not only written documents but also material items like powder horns, and public rituals like parades and tarring and featherings, Young places ordinary Americans at the center of the Revolution. For example, in one essay he views the Constitution of 1787 as the result of an intentional accommodation by elites with non-elites, while another piece explores the process of ongoing negotiations would-be rulers conducted with the middling sort; women, enslaved African Americans, and Native Americans. Moreover, questions of history and modern memory are engaged by a compelling examination of icons of the Revolution, such as the pamphleteer Thomas Paine and Boston's Freedom Trail. For over forty years, history lovers, students, and scholars alike have been able to hear the voices and see the actions of ordinary people during the Revolutionary Era, thanks to Young's path-breaking work, which seamlessly blends sophisticated analysis with compelling and accessible prose. From his award-winning work on mechanics, or artisans, in the seaboard cities of the Northeast to the all but forgotten liberty tree, a major popular icon of the Revolution explored in depth for the first time, Young continues to astound readers as he forges new directions in the history of the American Revolution.

Author : Susan Marks
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 9780199675456

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A False Tree of Liberty by Susan Marks Pdf

This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights. It offers a fresh approach that puts aside familiar questions such as 'Where do human rights come from?' and 'When did human rights begin?' for the sake of looking into connections between debates about the rights of man and developments within the history of capitalism. The focus is on England, where, at the end of the eighteenth century, a heated controversy over the rights of man coincided with the final enclosure of common lands and the momentous changes associated with early industrialisation. Tracking back still further to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writing about dispossession, resistance and rights, the book reveals a forgotten tradition of thought about central issues in human rights, with profound implications for their prospects in the world today.

Author : Doris Lorraine Garraway
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0813926866

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Tree of Liberty by Doris Lorraine Garraway Pdf

On January 1, 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, thus bringing to an end the only successful slave revolution in history and transforming the colony of Saint-Domingue into the second independent state in the Western Hemisphere. The historical significance of the Haitian Revolution has been addressed by numerous scholars, but the importance of the Revolution as a cultural and political phenomenon has only begun to be explored. Although the path-breaking work of Michel-Rolph Trouillot and Sibylle Fischer has illustrated the profound silences surrounding the Haitian Revolution in Western historiography and in Caribbean cultural production in the aftermath of the Revolution, contributors to this volume argue that, while suppressed and disavowed in some quarters, the Haitian Revolution nonetheless had an enduring cultural and political impact, particularly on peoples and communities that have been marginalized in the historical record and absent from the discourses of Western historiography. Tree of Liberty interrogates the literary, historical, and political discourses that the Revolution produced and inspired across time and space and across national and linguistic boundaries. In so doing, it seeks to initiate a far-reaching discussion of the Revolution as a cultural and political phenomenon that shaped ideas about the Enlightenment, freedom, postcolonialism, and race in the modern Atlantic world. Contributors: A. James Arnold, University of Virginia * Chris Bongie, Queen's University * Paul Breslin, Northwestern University * Ada Ferrer, New York University * Doris L. Garraway, Northwestern University * E. Anthony Hurley, SUNY Stony Brook * Deborah Jenson, University of Wisconsin, Madison * Jean Jonassaint, Syracuse University * Valerie Kaussen, University of Missouri * Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo, Vanderbilt University

Author : James Otis
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1492790788

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Under The Liberty Tree

Author : Frederick Fitch Hassam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Liberty tree (Boston, Mass.)
ISBN : UOM:39015024571005

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Liberty Tree, Liberty Hall, Lafayette and Loyalty! by Frederick Fitch Hassam Pdf

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440872914

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The Liberty Bell and Its Legacy by John R. Vile Pdf

This A-Z encyclopedia will survey the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Liberty Bell in American culture. This title provides a one-stop resource for understanding the fascinating history and enduring importance of the Liberty Bell in the fabric of American culture, from the pre–Revolutionary War era to the present day. The encyclopedia explains key concepts, principles, and intellectual influences in the creation and display of the Liberty Bell; profiles its creators and leading champions; and surveys the place of the Bell and its home in Philadelphia's Independence Hall within the political and cultural lexicon of the nation. Additionally, it discusses important milestones and events in the bell's history and provides a sweeping overview of depictions of the Liberty Bell in historical and modern art, music, literature, and other cultural areas. It thus not only serves as a valuable resource in helping readers separate fact from myth regarding one of our nation's most potent national symbols but also provides a unique gateway for exploring the wider history of the United States.

Author : Stefano Mancuso
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800815483

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Tree Stories by Stefano Mancuso Pdf

Trees have played countless roles in human history - by turns hopeful symbols of freedom, pioneering space travellers, keepers of ancient history and accessories to murder. From art to politics, science to crime, these are the stories of the trees that have shaped life on Earth. Neurobiologist and philosopher Stefano Mancuso brings his signature charm and eye for unforgettable detail to tell eight stories of trees that have rooted themselves in human history - from the red spruces that were made into Stradivarius' violins to the wooden ladder that solved 'The Crime of the Century'. Combining scientific vigour with his inimitable voice, Mancuso reveals the amazing ways that the world's green-print has shaped the course of our lives, issuing a passionate rallying cry for greater care and attention towards the plants that have helped us survive and thrive.

Author : Elizabeth Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:622252864

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The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page Pdf

Author : William B. Warner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226061405

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Protocols of Liberty by William B. Warner Pdf

The fledgling United States fought a war to achieve independence from Britain, but as John Adams said, the real revolution occurred “in the minds and hearts of the people” before the armed conflict ever began. Putting the practices of communication at the center of this intellectual revolution, Protocols of Liberty shows how American patriots—the Whigs—used new forms of communication to challenge British authority before any shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. To understand the triumph of the Whigs over the Brit-friendly Tories, William B. Warner argues that it is essential to understand the communication systems that shaped pre-Revolution events in the background. He explains the shift in power by tracing the invention of a new political agency, the Committee of Correspondence; the development of a new genre for political expression, the popular declaration; and the emergence of networks for collective political action, with the Continental Congress at its center. From the establishment of town meetings to the creation of a new postal system and, finally, the Declaration of Independence, Protocols of Liberty reveals that communication innovations contributed decisively to nation-building and continued to be key tools in later American political movements, like abolition and women’s suffrage, to oppose local custom and state law.

Author : James R. Heintze
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786477166

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The Fourth of July Encyclopedia by James R. Heintze Pdf

This is the first comprehensive reference work on America's Independence Day. Bringing attention to persons, places, and events of historical significance, the book focuses on the Fourth of July as it has been commemorated over the span of more than two centuries, starting with the first celebrations: public readings of the Declaration of Independence that occurred within days of its signing. Biographical sketches feature presidents (and how each celebrated the Fourth) and other politicians, famous soldiers, educators, engineers, scientists, athletes, musicians, and literary figures. Other topics include parks, monuments and statues dedicated on the Fourth; famous speeches and the personalities behind their stories; and general subjects of interest including education, abolition, temperance, African Americans, Native Americans, wars, transportation and holiday catastrophes.