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Format: 1 online resource (328 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780812206838

Content: Ryerson focuses on the daily business of politics in the Revolutionary period—the art of motivation for radical political purposes—and its economic and social dimensions in the most prominent American city of the time.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Figures -- , List of Tables -- , Abbreviations -- , Table of Symbols -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: The Progressive Challenge -- , Chapter 1. Pennsylvania's Old Regime -- , Chapter 2. The Birth of Radical Politics -- , Chapter 3. Founding the Committee System -- , Chapter 4. The Revolution of the Elite -- , Chapter 5. The Legitimization of Radical Politics -- , Chapter 6. Pennsylvanians Take up Arms -- , Chapter 7. The "Wordy War" for Independence -- , Chapter 8. The Revolution of the Middle Classes -- , Chapter 9. "The Revolution is Now Begun" -- , Chapter 10. The American Revolution and the Origin of Modern American Politics -- , Appendixes -- , A Note on Sources For Studying the Committee Movement -- , Bibliography -- , Index. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.9783/9780812206838

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206838

URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206838

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Format: Online-Ressource

ISBN: 1283898438 , 9780812206838 , 9781283898430

Content: Ryerson focuses on the daily business of politics in the Revolutionary period--the art of motivation for radical political purposes--and its economic and social dimensions in the most prominent American city of the time.

Content: Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Table of Symbols -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Progressive Challenge -- Chapter 1 Pennsylvania's Old Regime -- Chapter 2 The Birth of Radical Politics -- Chapter 3 Founding the Committee System -- Chapter 4 The Revolution of the Elite -- Chapter 5 The Legitimization of Radical Politics -- Chapter 6 Philadelphians Take Up Arms -- Chapter 7 The "Wordy War" for Independence -- Chapter 8 The Revolution of the Middle Classes -- Chapter 9 The Revolution Is Now Begun -- Chapter 10 The American Revolution and the Origin of Modern American Politics -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Turnover in Pennsylvania Assembly membership, 1704-80 -- Appendix B: Members of the Pennsylvania Assembly, October 1773-September 1774 -- Appendix C: Members of the 1773-74 Assembly session: seniority and standing committee assignments -- Appendix D: Merchants' committee appointed in November 1765 -- Appendix E: Retailers' committee appointed in November 1765 -- Appendix F: "Joseph Reed's Narrative," Charles Thomson's letter to William Henry Drayton, and Philadelphia politics, 1774 -- Appendix G: Committee appointed by the mechanics on June 9, 1774 -- Appendix H: Spokesmen whom the mechanics and Germans sought to add to the Forty-Three, chosen June 17, 1774 -- Appendix I: Committee appointed by a meeting of tradesmen, July 8, 1774 -- Appendix J: Supervisors of the November 10 election and judges of the November 12 election, 1774 -- Appendix K: Tickets run on November 12, 1774 -- Appendix L: Tickets run on August 16, 1775 -- Appendix M: Committeemen who served between May 1774 and February 1776 -- Appendix N: Men nominated to committee tickets in 1774-75, but never elected to committee office after May 1774 -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I.

Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Table of Symbols""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Progressive Challenge""; ""Chapter 1 Pennsylvania's Old Regime""; ""Chapter 2 The Birth of Radical Politics""; ""Chapter 3 Founding the Committee System""; ""Chapter 4 The Revolution of the Elite""; ""Chapter 5 The Legitimization of Radical Politics""; ""Chapter 6 Philadelphians Take Up Arms""; ""Chapter 7 The ""Wordy War"" for Independence""; ""Chapter 8 The Revolution of the Middle Classes""; ""Chapter 9 The Revolution Is Now Begun"" , ""Chapter 10 The American Revolution and the Origin of Modern American Politics""""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Turnover in Pennsylvania Assembly membership, 1704-80""; ""Appendix B: Members of the Pennsylvania Assembly, October 1773-September 1774""; ""Appendix C: Members of the 1773-74 Assembly session: seniority and standing committee assignments""; ""Appendix D: Merchants' committee appointed in November 1765""; ""Appendix E: Retailers' committee appointed in November 1765"" , ""Appendix F: ""Joseph Reed's Narrative,"" Charles Thomson's letter to William Henry Drayton, and Philadelphia politics, 1774""""Appendix G: Committee appointed by the mechanics on June 9, 1774""; ""Appendix H: Spokesmen whom the mechanics and Germans sought to add to the Forty-Three, chosen June 17, 1774""; ""Appendix I: Committee appointed by a meeting of tradesmen, July 8, 1774""; ""Appendix J: Supervisors of the November 10 election and judges of the November 12 election, 1774""; ""Appendix K: Tickets run on November 12, 1774""; ""Appendix L: Tickets run on August 16, 1775"" , ""Appendix M: Committeemen who served between May 1774 and February 1776""""Appendix N: Men nominated to committee tickets in 1774-75, but never elected to committee office after May 1774""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812222135

Additional Edition: Print version Revolution Is Now Begun : The Radical Committees of Philadelphia, 1765-1776

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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