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The Radicalism of the American RevolutionBy Gordon S. Wood

In a Nutshell

Historian Gordon S. Wood offers a unique perspective on the radicalism of the American Revolution, which transformed not just the political and economic lives of Americans but the very rules of American society.

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No doubt the cost that America paid for democracy was high - with its vulgarity, its materialism, its rootlessness, its anti-intellectualism. But there is no denying the wonder of it and the real earthly benefits it brought to the hitherto neglected masses of common people.

Gordon S. Wood

Introduction

The American Revolution is rightly remembered as a transformative moment in history: it shook a powerful empire to its core and cradled a future superpower into existence.

But if the Revolution redrew the political and geographic map of America, how did it reshape the societies that lived there?

In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, historian Gordon S. Wood illustrates how quickly and decisively society changed after the revolution began in 1775.

Focusing on money, hierarchy, and class, Wood's seminal 1991 work shares a unique perspective on a very old idea: that the American Revolution was a radical moment in history.

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