{"product_id":"writing-early-american-history-paperback-softback-9780812219104","title":"Writing Early American History (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812219104","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWriting Early American History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Taylor (Author), Christopher Clark (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812219104\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 July 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Trained in the new social history, Taylor is especially attuned to diversity and conflict in early American society. . . . \u003ci\u003eWriting Early American History\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative and very well written collection.\" (\u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Taylor is not only a trenchant critic; he is a skilled and able practitioner, surely one of the best of the current generation of historians.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Taylor is the leading historian of early America. . . . This collection reprints his often quite lengthy review articles . . . in a thematically organized anthology. It is an absolute joy to dip into and will confirm Taylor's reputation as a historians' historian.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Whoever reads these essays-and whether they follow the book from cover to cover, or dip into chapters at random-will find the rich abundance and variety of early American scholarship set out before them. Readers new to the field will grasp a sense of its expansiveness and possibilities, but seasoned scholars, too, will find here a feast of insights and possibilities that will engage, provoke, and inspire them.\"-from the Foreword, by Christopher Clark\u003cbr\u003e How is American history written? In a penetrating series of review essays, prize-winning author Alan Taylor provides his own answer to this question. In the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, he has regularly scrutinized the writing of the most interesting historians of early American history.\u003cbr\u003e Together these reviews provide the general reader a rich and rewarding introduction to their subjects. The books reviewed span an enormous range of scholarship, from popular biographies of Founding Fathers, to investigations of murders of prostitutes to discussions of frontier technology. Grouped thematically, the essays reveal a historian with an unrivaled breadth of knowledge and an admirable passion for his subject, and one who has contributed a continent-wide perspective to colonial history. As readers steep themselves in world-class scholarship, they also discover a writer who takes very seriously his role as reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, by Christopher Clark\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. BODIES AND MINDS\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Voyage In\u003cbr\u003e 2. Blood and Soil\u003cbr\u003e 3. Germ Colonies\u003cbr\u003e 4. 4. Martyrs to Venus\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sex and the City\u003cbr\u003e PART II. SOULS\u003cbr\u003e 6. In a Strange Way\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crucibles\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Seeking People\u003cbr\u003e 9. Midnight Ramblers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Worlds within Words\u003cbr\u003e PART III. EMPIRE\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Virginians\u003cbr\u003e 12. Devil in a Blue Dress\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Bad Birds\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Forgotten War\u003cbr\u003e 15. Power Shopping\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. FOUNDERS\u003cbr\u003e 16. For the Benefit of Mr. Kite\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Good Father\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Founding Swindlers\u003cbr\u003e 19. Pluribus\u003cbr\u003e 20. Clintonism\u003cbr\u003e PART V. HISTORIANS\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Exceptionalist\u003cbr\u003e 22. Poor Richard, Rich Ben\u003cbr\u003e 23. Threads of History\u003cbr\u003e 24. Transformer\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555679891736,"sku":"9780812219104","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/writing-early-american-history-paperback-softback-9780812219104","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}