Early Republic: People and Perspectives
Publisher: ABC-CLIO | ISBN: 1598840193 | edition 2008 | CHM | 243 pages | 15,2 mb
The American Revolution sparked popular uprisings in France, Ireland, Poland, and elsewhere around the world. Yet only the United States was able to follow the successful overthrow of a colonial oppressor with a stable, lasting republic. Credit for that usually falls to the extraordinary leaders of the time, but what about the contributions of ordinary citizens? How did they affect the country in its formative decades?