The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement by J.... - 9780691275031

Princeton University Press

The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement100th anniversary edition\nAuthor(s): J. Franklin Jameson, Michael A. Blaakman, Sarah Barringer Gordon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691275031, 978-0691275031\nSynopsis\nA centennial edition of the classic work that instilled a liberal spirit into the study of American history\n\nJ. Franklin Jamesons The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement was among the first books to look at American history through the lens of social change. This pioneering work argues that the most salient feature of the American Revolution was not the war for independence itself but rather the struggle between aristocratic values and those of the common people. Jameson shows how American revolutionaries sought to change their government, not their society, but how, in destroying monarchy and establishing a republic, they changed their society profound.