The Ambiguity Of The American Revolution

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Contents:From 1776 : opposing contemporary conceptions.The view from outside / Joseph GallowayThe view from inside / David Ramsay --From 1850 : the Revolution as an epoch-making struggle for human freedom. A milestone of progess / George Bancroft --From the Imperial perspective. The case for the British / Herbert Levi Osgood --From the European paradigm : the Revolution as internal political and social upheaval.A popular uprising against special privilege in government / Arthur Meier SchlesingerA social movement / J. Franklin JamesonA democratic movement / Merrill Jensen --From the perspective of the modern revolutionary tradition.An expression of social freedom / Louis HartzA reaffirmation of liberty and order / Benjamin Fletcher Wright --Toward a more comprehensive perspective.A pluralistic conception / Gordon S. Wood.