In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a Postscript to the original text. In it he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution. This study of the p...(展开全部)

In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a Postscript to the original text. In it he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution. This study of the p...(展开全部)

伯纳德·贝林 哈佛大学亚当斯大学（AdamsUniversity）讲座教授兼早期美国史詹姆斯·邓肯·菲利普（James Duncan Philips）讲座教授，是诸多美国历史著作的作者，包括《托马斯·哈钦森的苦难历程》（The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson，Harvard，1974），该书获得了历史著作中的国家图书奖，以及《渡海西行的人》（Voyagers to the West，1986），该书跟《美国革命的思想意识渊源》一样，获得了普利策历史图书奖。

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as “the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation,” it was enlarged in a second edition to include the nationwide debate on the ratification of the Cons...(展开全部)

伯纳德·贝林 哈佛大学亚当斯大学（AdamsUniversity）讲座教授兼早期美国史詹姆斯·邓肯·菲利普（James Duncan Philips）讲座教授，是诸多美国历史著作的作者，包括《托马斯·哈钦森的苦难历程》（The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson，Harvard，1974），该书获得了历史著作中的国家图书奖，以及《渡海西行的人》（Voyagers to the West，1986），该书跟《美国革命的思想意识渊源》一样，获得了普利策历史图书奖。

Chocolate chippers, lemon bars, madeleines, brownies, shortbread, thumbprints, rugelach, biscotti, mandelbrot, and fortune cookies we all love them. We love them even better when they are home-baked. The ultimate comfort food, fresh-baked cookies offer instant reassurance, consolation, and community. One of the reasons we hesitate to bake cookies is that all too frequentl...(展开全部)

"Narrative history in the great tradition . . ." Chicago Tribune Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, placing the war in the historical context of the centuries-long conflicts between England and both France and Holland. This compellingly written history paints a magnifice...(展开全部)