A Season of Youth: The American Revolution & the Historical Imagination (original 1978; edition 1988)

by Michael G. Kammen

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"Its methodological freshness--the use of literature and art as historical artifacts, its focus on the popular as a subject for study, the introduction of anthropological tools--alone warrants attention, and its substantive contribution to our understanding of the meaning of the Revolution for American culture is large. Kammen's book will continue to inform us for many years."--Catherine L. Albanese, New York History… (more)

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A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination

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1978

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American Revolution (1775 | 1783)

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For my good friends in The Junto Redivivus, Who are never altogether satisfied with any book and are unlikely to start with this one.

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One of the most persistent problems throughout the history of American culture also happens to be one of the most neglected, and consequently, least understood.

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"Its methodological freshness--the use of literature and art as historical artifacts, its focus on the popular as a subject for study, the introduction of anthropological tools--alone warrants attention, and its substantive contribution to our understanding of the meaning of the Revolution for American culture is large. Kammen's book will continue to inform us for many years."--Catherine L. Albanese, New York History

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