Americans, thrilled with newly won independence in 1783, set out to create a new form of government, one in which equality for all would be the underpinning of society. Yet by 1800, voting rights remained accessible only to a landed aristocracy; slavery was codified in the Constitution; and women were no freer than they had been prior to the Revolution. The American Counterrevolution is an expansive study of this difficult period that traces our shift from the ideals of liberty to the politics of order. A refutation of virtually the entire historiography surrounding the outcomes of the Revolution, this epic narrative will change how we view American democracy.
- ISBN10 081170100X
- ISBN13 9780811701006
- Publish Date 15 November 1998
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 17 August 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stackpole Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 672
- Language English