Alfred F. Young (1925–2013)
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Alfred F. Young is Emeritus Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
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Tekijän teokset
Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation (2011) 102 kappaletta
The American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism (1976) — Toimittaja — 77 kappaletta
Beyond the American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism (1993) 47 kappaletta
The Debate over the Constitution 1787-1789 5 kappaletta
Associated Works
The Transforming Hand of Revolution: Reconsidering the American Revolution As a Social Movement (1995) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Young, Alfred Fabian
- Syntymäaika
- 1925-01-17
- Kuolinaika
- 2013-11-06
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- New York, New York, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Koulutus
- Northwestern University (PhD)
- Ammatit
- historian
university professor - Organisaatiot
- Northern Illinois University
Newberry Library - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Organization of American Historians Distinguished Service Award, 2000
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Kirja-arvosteluja
Authorlooks at groups of people usually overlooked by academic historians: Native Americans, Slaves, apprentices and indentured servants, and women. He does this by examing primary sources such as tools, clothing, documents, artwork, etc.
The American Revolution was not one event, and the conflicts (civil war, and war with England) cannot be understood unless one learns the context of tradition (people identified as English), and the discussions that happened to affect change. Must read!
That was a lot of facts smooshed into only 300 or so pages (as an aside I'm not sure I've ever read a book, even a historical non-fiction one, with so many notes in the back).
The book was about Deborah Samson Gannett of Massachusetts, on of the most well known women to disguise themselves as a man and join the Continental Army. Not the only one, but one of the most successful. And, this book, unlike a lot of the other works about her, this was about her entire life, birth to death, not just one part, like her speaking tour, or her time in the army.
On the whole it was a good book, though a bit wordy. I really love that the author found out that, using Deborah's spelling her her diary during her speaking tour and a few of her letters that she may have had quite the Mass. accent. (Pahk the Cah, will ya, of course, they didn't have cars yet, so that may be a bad example of the accent, hers was more like she spelled audience with an o... etc.)
But, I didn't love it all. Even though here and there the author sort of barely allows that Deborah may have flirted with or had a relationship with a woman or two, he repeatedly states that it's totally and utterly 'improbable'. But, that's heteronormative HIStory for you. Although, to be fair to this author, Deborah Samson's original biographer Herman Mann was even worse, wildly vacillating between depicting Deborah in more 'animal love' (not platonic love) situations with women to 'lalalalala' she couldn't even physically have sex with another woman 'lalalala'.
Maybe she was straight, maybe she wasn't, but while in his final chapter the author gives sixteen paragraphs to whether or not she was a person of color, he only gives five to whether or not she had any same sex relationships. More HIStory.
So, a good book, sure, and the author obviously put a ton of research into it, but not a great book.… (lisätietoja)
The book was about Deborah Samson Gannett of Massachusetts, on of the most well known women to disguise themselves as a man and join the Continental Army. Not the only one, but one of the most successful. And, this book, unlike a lot of the other works about her, this was about her entire life, birth to death, not just one part, like her speaking tour, or her time in the army.
On the whole it was a good book, though a bit wordy. I really love that the author found out that, using Deborah's spelling her her diary during her speaking tour and a few of her letters that she may have had quite the Mass. accent. (Pahk the Cah, will ya, of course, they didn't have cars yet, so that may be a bad example of the accent, hers was more like she spelled audience with an o... etc.)
But, I didn't love it all. Even though here and there the author sort of barely allows that Deborah may have flirted with or had a relationship with a woman or two, he repeatedly states that it's totally and utterly 'improbable'. But, that's heteronormative HIStory for you. Although, to be fair to this author, Deborah Samson's original biographer Herman Mann was even worse, wildly vacillating between depicting Deborah in more 'animal love' (not platonic love) situations with women to 'lalalalala' she couldn't even physically have sex with another woman 'lalalala'.
Maybe she was straight, maybe she wasn't, but while in his final chapter the author gives sixteen paragraphs to whether or not she was a person of color, he only gives five to whether or not she had any same sex relationships. More HIStory.
So, a good book, sure, and the author obviously put a ton of research into it, but not a great book.… (lisätietoja)
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The book takes on a journalistic approach, asking how, why, and when for some of the biggest pre-war events in Boston.
A great addition to any reader who wishes to maximize their knowledge and potentially embrace the mindset of the 18th century Boston colonials.