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twenty-four historians reflect on the founding
American Revolution at two hundred and fifty
"In these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the American Revolutionary era reflect on the meaning of 1776 to the nation in 2026, offering fresh insights and food for thought on every page. They tackle the most pressing topics that Americans debated in 1776 and continue to debate today: the meaning of democracy; the nature of information wars; immigration and the rights and obligations of citizenship; race and slavery; public health; the various and conflicting legacies of the founders; and the shifting nature of commemoration itself. Like the Revolutionary generation they know so well, on some issues these scholarly authorities find themselves largely in accord; on others they vehemently disagree. This is historical debate at its most urgent" --
Introduction: 1776 and all that -- Part one. Inherent tensions -- 1776 / Brendan McConville -- Thomas Jefferson, optimistic visionary / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Slavery and hypocrisy: how the founders talked about America's original sin--and why it matters / Eliga H. Gould -- Part Two. Race -- Americans are beautiful: race, immigrations, and the American Revolution / Christa Dierksheide and Nicholas Guyatt -- Race, fear, and political persuasion: the problem of slavery on the eve of revolution / Robert G. Parkinson -- What is the American Declaration of Independence at 250 to me? / Marlene L. Daut -- Hidden in plain sight: the George Rogers Clark statue at the University of Virginia, 1921-2021 / Allison Bigelow and Teresa R. Pollak -- Part three. Political foundations -- Original intentions, unintended consequences / Peter S. Onuf -- Appeal for a new revolutionary narrative: the curious tale of The Crisis / T.H. Breen -- The Declaration of Independence, institution building, and the orderly transfer of power in Revolutionary America / Rosemarie Zagarri -- What does the American Revolution mean to me? / John A. Ragosta -- Embracing the founders' legacy / Lindsay M. Chervinsky -- Part four. Lived experiences. -- The presence and absence of religion in national unity / Katherine Carte -- Infectious disease and the American Revolution / Woody Holton -- Legacies of the Revolution's domestic warfare / Lauren Duval -- The citizen-solider is dead. Long live the citizen-solider / Ricardo A. Herrera -- Part five. Remembering the Revolution -- The irrelevance of the American Revolution / Michael A. McDonnell -- The ethos of revolution: past and present / Joanne B. Freeman -- The American Revolution in France (1976-2026) / Bertrand van Ruymbeke -- Echoes of the Revolutionary era / Andrew M. Davenport -- Epilogue: a case of redemption / Patrick Griffin.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.)