Making of the American Republic, 1763-1815

Name: Making of the American Republic, 1763-1815
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ISBN: 9780131836679

ISBN-10: 0131836676

ISBN-13: 9780131836679

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Gilje

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Making of the American Republicseeks to provoke readers to think about the implications of the American Revolution in a new way, offering a larger interpretive theme other than the rise of democracy. This interpretive book places the events, the people, and the ideas of the period within the context of how the American Revolution gave birth to a dynamic capitalist economic system. The book argues that out of the democratic impulses of the era emerged an aggressively entrepreurial American social order.Provides a synthesis, covering the fundamental details of history, while providing a larger statement of the meaning of the changes in the period. Includes detailed portraits of Franklin,…

Book details

List price: $93.32
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English




Capitalism and the American Revolution



Was colonial America Capitalistic?



Roots of Rebellion



Resistance to Imperial Regulation



Independence



Virtue and Corruption



The Revolutionary War



Republicanism on Trial



Peace and Independence



Experimenting with Republican Governments















Revolutionary Visions Unfulfilled



Native Americans



African Americans



Women



American Culture



Contested Republic



Hamilton's Program



Jeffersonian Response



The French Revolution and the Party System



The Problem with Commerce



The Revolution of 1800



The Triumph of Federalism



Election of 1800



Jeffersonian Conundrum



The New Society



Myth of the Yeoman Farmer



Manufacturing



The Lower Sort



Bound Labor



Religion