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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Parkinson, Robert G.
Titre(s) : Thirteen clocks [Texte imprimé] : how race united the colonies and made the Declaration of Independence / Robert G. Parkinson
Publication : Williamsburg (Va.) : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel
Hill (N. C.) : University of North Carolina Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-232 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July
1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how
did these American colonies overcome long odds to create a durable union capable of
declaring independence from Britain? In this powerful new history of the fifteen tense
months that culminated in the Declaration of Independence, Robert G. Parkinson provides
a troubling answer: racial fear. Tracing the circulation of information in the colonial
news systems that linked patriot leaders and average colonists, Parkinson reveals
how the system's participants constructed a compelling drama featuring virtuous men
who suddenly found themselves threatened by ruthless Indians and defiant slaves acting
on behalf of the king. Parkinson argues that patriot leaders used racial prejudices
to persuade Americans to declare independence. Between the Revolutionary War's start
at Lexington and the Declaration, they broadcast any news they could find about Native
Americans, enslaved Blacks, and Hessian mercenaries working with their British enemies.
American independence thus owed less to the love of liberty than to the exploitation
of colonial fears about race. Thirteen Clocks offers an accessible history of the
Revolution that uncovers the uncomfortable origins of the republic even as it speaks
to our own moment. ; Continued the theme of the author's earlier book, The common
cause (2016), the book focuses on the fifteen months between the start of the Revolutionary
War and the Declaration of Independence. The author traces the circulation of information
in the colonial news systems that linked patriot leaders and average colonists, and
reveals how the system's participants constructed a compelling drama featuring virtuous
men who suddenly found themselves threatened by ruthless Indians and defiant slaves
acting on behalf of the king. Patriot leaders used racial prejudices to persuade Americans
to declare independence. Between the Revolutionary War's start at Lexington and the
Declaration, patriot leaders broadcasted any news they could find about Native Americans,
enslaved Blacks, and Hessian mercenaries working with their British enemies. American
independence thus owed less to the love of liberty than to the exploitation of colonial
fears about race
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : 13 clocks
Sujet(s) : Racisme -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
Relations interethniques -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution)
Indice(s) Dewey :
305.800 9730903 (23e éd.) = Groupes ethniques et nationaux - États-Unis - 1500-1899
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781469662565 (rel.). - ISBN 1469662566. - ISBN 9781469662572. - ISBN 1469662574.
- ISBN 9781469662589 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46902720w
Notice n° :
FRBNF46902720
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Newspapers on the eve of the Revolutionary War -- ; The long odds against American
unity in the 1770s -- ; The "shot heard round the world" revisited -- ; "Britain has
found means to unite us" -- ; A rolling snowball -- ; Merciless savages, domestic
insurrectionists, and foreign mercenaries -- ; Founding stories.
