《A People's History of the American Revolution》是Harper Perennial出版的圖書，作者是Ray Raphael
基本介紹
- 書名：A People's History of the American Revolution
- 作者：Ray Raphael
- 出版社：Harper Perennial
- 出版時間：2002年6月18日
- 頁數：528 頁
- 定價：13.99 美元
- 裝幀：Paperback
- ISBN：9780060004408
內容簡介
A sweeping narrative of the wartime experience, A People's History of the American Revolution is the first book to view the revolution through the eyes of common folk. Their stories have long been overlooked in the mythic telling of America's founding, but are crucial to a comprehensive understanding of the fight for independence. Now, the experiences of farmers, laborers, ra...(展開全部) A sweeping narrative of the wartime experience, A People's History of the American Revolution is the first book to view the revolution through the eyes of common folk. Their stories have long been overlooked in the mythic telling of America's founding, but are crucial to a comprehensive understanding of the fight for independence. Now, the experiences of farmers, laborers, rank and file soldiers, women, Native Americans, and African Americans -- found in diaries, letters, memoirs and other long-ignored primary sources -- create a gritty account of rebellion, filled with ideals and outrage, loss, sacrifice, and sometimes scurrilous acts...but always ringing with truth.
