{"product_id":"the-american-revolution-a-history-modern-library-chronicles-book-9","title":"The American Revolution - A History (Modern Library Chronicles) (Book:9)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates  the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact  with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred  years.”\u003cb\u003e—Joseph J. Ellis, author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e A magnificent account of the  revolution in arms and consciousness that gave birth to the American republic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When  Abraham Lincoln sought to define the significance of the United States, he naturally  looked back to the American Revolution. He knew that the Revolution not only had  legally created the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and  values of the American people. Our noblest ideals and aspirations-our commitments  to freedom, constitutionalism, the well-being of ordinary people, and equality-came  out of the Revolutionary era. Lincoln saw as well that the Revolution had convinced  Americans that they were a special people with a special destiny to lead the world  toward liberty. The Revolution, in short, gave birth to whatever sense of nationhood  and national purpose Americans have had.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen  insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization  fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling,  rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. But the history of the American  Revolution, like the history of the nation as a whole, ought not to be viewed simply  as a story of right and wrong from which moral lessons are to be drawn. It is a complicated  and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly  celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character?  What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer.  That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52060963209504,"sku":"9780812970418","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780812970418.jpg?v=1785506131","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/the-american-revolution-a-history-modern-library-chronicles-book-9","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}