The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

Finally landed myself a copy -- and for 20% off as well. Am about halfway through it, and would like to complete it before the marking starts. It's amazing how much of it brings back memories of History 11 and Jere Daniell's meandering, old-school lectures on the Revolution. Also, Bailyn seems to have read and digested every single pamphlet ever written by those hopelessly verbose colonials. As he himself points out early on, early American pamphleteers weren't exactly Swifts or Defoes (and I find even them hard to bear!).
Posted by kungfuzi at 1:32 am |