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Originally Posted by Sigaba
Second, Breen's account, although aimed at a general audience (sell, sell, sell!), is clearly meant to advance an ongoing historiographical debate over the nature/causes/point of no return of the American Revolution that has been going on for generations among specialists of that period. (The reference to "pamphlets" is directed at Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution [1967; enlarged edition, 1992].) While it is always nice to think that a book one is reading breathes fresh air into a vibrant chapter of America's past, a "bottom up" approach to that time period that de-emphasizes New England is not exactly new nor "typical."  |
Thank you, I was interested in the view from the academic historical perspective bubbling up. Guess I'm part of that general audience. I'm not as deeply immersed in the full body of work available as some others, on this specific topic, specialists as it were. So it is a different look. To clarify a point: While it may have been mentioned in a post, it's not selective reading at this end - just reading.
