The long revolution creating a United States after 1776 Perl-Rosenthal, Nathan 1982- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2026 2026 First edition monographic eng print 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm For America's 250th birthday, a provocative argument that a "Long Revolution" formed the violently beating heart of American politics for decades after 1776. In the century after Independence, many Americans believed that their Revolution was still in progress. Far from a unifying national myth, the Revolution was for generations of Americans a source of radically conflicting political ideas. Nowhere was this clearer than on the Fourth of July, when Americans gathered for speeches that, as one orator put it in 1834, aimed to "examine the present, and to look forward to the future." In The Long Revolution, historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal mines thousands of Independence Day orations to offer a stirring and revelatory new history of this long American Revolution. In the words of local notables and national celebrities, men and women, white and Black, he identifies the contrasting visions, intense anxieties, and radical power evoked by the Revolution deep into the nineteenth century. This is a history of the American founding for today's fragmented and anxious political moment, helping us find a usable past to guide us toward our own uncertain future. Introduction: forget 1776 -- Place and time -- Doubts -- Enemies within -- Slavery -- Revolution's end -- Aftershocks -- Epilogue -- A visual analysis of Fourth of July orations, 1777-1876 -- Appendix: a selection of orations. adult Nathan Perl-Rosenthal. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index. Fourth of July orations United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Fourth of July orations United States 1775-1783 fast (OCoLC)fst01355747 E286 .P47 2026 E286 .A1288 2026 973.3 9781541606630 1541606639 POD UKMGB 260218 20260801173526.1 in00005789656 eng