Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press, 2000. Third Printing. 322, illus., notes, index. Appleby presents a vibrant tapestry of the lives, callings, decisions, desires, and reflections of those Americans who were born after the American Revolution--the first generation to inherit a truly new world. This study of the generation that come of age just after the American Revolution examines the dynamic activity of nation-building and the unique challenges in politics, economics, religion, and everyday life that were markedly different from those faced by the Founding Fathers. Historian Appleby presents first-person accounts of Americans from a variety of groups who worked to shape an American identity. Condition: very good, very good.
Keywords: African-Americans, Slavery, Egalitarianism, Democracy, Thomas Jefferson, Voting, Feminism, Migration, Free Enterprise
ISBN: 0674002369
[Book #42116]
Price: $27.00