Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier
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Book Overview
In this revisionary look at the eighteenth-century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Ethan Allen was the leader of a group of frontier subsistence farmers united in their opposition to New York elites and land speculators; the independence Allen and his followers fought for was as much from eastern elites as it was from the British crown. But what makes the story of the Green Mountain frontier so remarkable is that the settlers won. Revolutionary Outlaws is both a biography of Ethan Allen and a social history of the conflict between agrarian commoners and their wealthy adversaries. It explores the roots of popular political commitment to the patriot cause, the significance of rural crowd activity, the character of popular religious culture and dissent, and the origins and structures of an emerging democratic polity.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813914191
ISBN13:9780813914190
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:428 Pages
Weight:1.68 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
A very fine and stimulating book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in 18th century American history. It deals with a light hand with complex issues of both economic, political and religious history. It is also very cogently argued and entertaining.Great stuff.
The revolution within the Revolution
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Yes, my name really is Ethan Allen. This is an excellently researched and well documented account about a very little known chapter of the American Revolution. The book is the story of Vermont's struggle for statehood. It explores the economic, social, and political pressures that led Vermonters to create their own government in spite of threats from Enland, New York, and Continental Congress. This book is a good study of how government derives its power from the people. The reading is a little slow at times, but good history often is, and this is more than worth the effort.
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