The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
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- Synopsis
- (back of book) Winner of the 2004 Society of Colonial Wars Book Award The Marketplace of Revolution offers a bold interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. In a rich narrative that weaves insights into a changing material culture with analysis of popular political protests, Breen shows how virtual strangers managed to communicate a sense of trust that effectively united men and women long before they had established a nation of their own. The boycott movement - the signature of American resistance - invited colonists traditionally excluded from formal political processes to voice their opinions about liberty and rights within a revolutionary marketplace, an open, raucous public forum that defined itself around street protests, destruction of imported British goods, and incendiary newspaper exchanges. Within these exchanges was born a new form of politics in which ordinary men and women - precisely the people most often overlooked in traditional accounts of revolution - experienced an exhilarating surge of empowerment. The Marketplace of Revolution explains how at a moment of political crisis Americans gave political meaning to the pursuit of happiness and learned how to make goods speak to power.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 379 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780195181319
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/25/08
- Copyrighted By:
- T. H. Breen
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Kari G
- Proofread By:
- Toni Clavie
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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