The Unknown American Revolution
The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America

Gary Nash’s 2006 book “The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America” might have been better titled “Short Stories of the Oppressed Proletariat.” Nash sets out to overturn the traditional narrative of the American Revolution, in which elite white m......more

This book by Gary Nash wonderfully tells the story of the American Revolution. He doesn't tell it from the perspectives of elites like Washington or Jefferson, but from the perspectives of the everyday person (e.g. Poor whites, women, African Americans, and Natives) Nash shows that this revolution w......more

One of the best books on the American Revolution in recent years. Gary Nash has always been one of my favorite historians. You can almost guarantee that any book he writes will be groundbreaking. In this book, Nash takes a look at the American Revolution from the perspective of those that are often......more

If you read only one book on the American Revolution (I'd go so far as to say 'only one book on American history') make it this one. I borrowed this from the library to take on vacation because my family history searches made me curious to know more about this period than I did. Much of the history......more

This book helps bring to life the complexity and strife of the colonies , patriots and founding fathers. Behind the myth of united front of the founding fathers, there were the familiar currents of conflict, greed, multi-factionalism, real estate scams, and pettiness that we commonly see today. Thos......more