A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolution (Volume 2) - Softcover

Smith, Page

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140122540 ISBN 13: 9780140122541

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1989

Synopsis

In this comprehensive, incisive narrative of the American Revolution, Page Smith shows how the American people were able to achieve the most remarkable movement from subordination to self-government in history, a model that has fascinated revolutionaries and politicians ever since. A New Age Now Begins depicts the Revolution as a people's rebellion and a stirring human drama. Smith covers every aspect of the struggle the Congress, the states, the British Parliament and British public opinion, the actions and feelings of the colonists, soldiers, Tories, women, blacks, and native Americans. Rich in original interpretation, filled with stories and anecdotes drawn from letters, diaries, and official documents, A New Age Now Begins offers revealing insights into the development of a nation and a people. --- from book's back cover

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140122540
• ISBN 13: 9780140122541
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1088