Fb2 Jefferson's America, 1760–1815 ePub
by Norman K. Risjord
| Category: | Americas |
| Subcategory: | History books |
| Author: | Norman K. Risjord |
| ISBN: | 0742521737 |
| ISBN13: | 978-0742521735 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Second Edition edition (March 11, 2002) |
| Pages: | 416 |
| Fb2 eBook: | 1716 kb |
| ePub eBook: | 1334 kb |
| Digital formats: | mbr azw docx lit |
Norman K. Risjord is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a. .He is the author of thirteen books on American history, including a biography of Thomas Jefferson.
Norman K. Risjord is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a prize-winning teacher for more than three decades. Bibliographic information. Jefferson's America, 1760–1815.
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In Jefferson’s America, Norman Risjord offers a readable overview of the American Revolution and the Founding. With Thomas Jefferson’s life as something of a touchstone, Risjord guides readers through these pivotal years with a good narrative and some analysis. This is a basic introduction to the topic and would serve well as a textbook. Readers looking for more depth and with more knowledge on the topic would do better to look elsewhere.
A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from .
A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of biography and social history with military and political history to depict the rich fabric of the young republic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Based on an earlier book published by the same author under the title Forging the American republic, 1760-1815"-T.
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A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of biography and social history with military and political history to depict the rich fabric of the young republic.
While most writers on this period conclude with the end of the Revolution, the ratification of the Constitution, or the election of Jefferson, Risjord contends that there is a fundamental continuity in the history of the Early Republic. The basic problems involved in creating a stable, representative government were not resolved until the "second war of independence," a symbolic end for the Revolutionary generation, which produced a sense of national unity and determined the viability of the new nation.
Risjord incorporates new social and economic perspectives, and he deals suggestively with the struggle over "who shall rule at home." Yet he still presents the pivotal events of the War for Independence, the framing of the Constitution, the "Revolution of 1800," and the war of 1812 in an interesting and understandable way. This is no watered-down version of the national myth, but a subtle and well-told story.
