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267 abolitionism, 166–168, 170 Adams, Abigail, 7, 139, 231–234, 236 Adams, Henry, 101 Adams, Herbert Baxter, 24 Adams, James Truslow, 55 Adams, John: Adams and, Abigail, 7; Ellis and, Joseph, 138; Ferling and, John, 138; on Jefferson, 13; marriage, 139; Massachusetts Historical Society, 5; McCullough’s biography, David, 138–140, 142; as a model of moral propriety, 139; on the Revolution, 62; slavery, 168; Warren and, Mercy Otis, 233 Adams, Samuel, 67, 78, 200 Affluent Society (Galbraith), 51 African Americans in the Revolutionary era, 144–152; in colonial society, 89; Dunmore and, John Murrary, 4th Earl of, 150–151; elites in the Revolutionary era and, 100; evacuees accompanying British forces, 150; fighters on patriot side, 144– 145, 148–149, 164–165, 259; free blacks, 98, 99, 114, 144, 148–149, 165; in histories of the Revolution, 8; interactions with Native Americans and Euro-Americans, 91; Jameson on, J. Franklin, 23; as “losers” in the Revolutionary era, 101, 108; Nash on, Gary B., 118, 121–122, 152, 261; new social history, 89; Progressive historians, 9; public sphere, exclusion from, 253, 255; Quarles’ Negro in the American Revolution , 61; Revolutionary-era leaders, 259; in syntheses of histories of the Revolution , 112–113; women’s lives, 230. See also slavery “After Carl Becker” (Lynd), 80–81 Age of Homespun (Ulrich), 237 agrarian history, 111–112, 208–210 Agrarian Origins of American Capitalism (Kulikoff), 208–210 agrarian protests, 111–112, 215–216, 218–219 Allan, Thomas, 130 Allen, Ethan, 39 Allgor, Catherine, 250 American Civilization series, 54 American Council of Learned Societies, 21–22 American Historical Association (AHA), 4, 21, 22, 26, 29 American Historical Review (journal): African American authors, 23; Jameson and, J. Franklin, 21, 23, 27, 28; Lemisch and, Jesse, 86–87 American Leviathan (Griffin), 183 American Revolution (Countryman), 260– 262 American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism (Young), 96–101 American Revolution, histories of: American Civilization series, 54; “Amherst” series, 60; case study approach, 81; Florida legislation about, 3–4; focus on elites, 32–33, 77–78; focus on Euro-Americans along eastern seaboard from 1763 to 1787, 260; focus on origins, 31–32; focus on “plain people,” 32–33; focus on results, 31–32; “Founders Chic,” 137–144, 169; in Good Will Hunting (movie), 10–12; “history from the bottom up,” 6–7, 8, 76, 79, 86–87; History of American Life series, 36, 38, 89; holistic views in, 33; ideological interpretation of the Revolution, 66, 67, 74; imperial school of historians, 25; individual character, emphasis on, 140– 141; influence of Jameson’s American Index 268 Index American Revolution, histories of (cont’d) Revolution Considered as a Social Movement on, 31–33; intellectual history, 36– 37, 127; “internal” vs. “external,” 9, 16, 30; “long” Revolution view, 9, 136, 195–196, 228, 262; “mainstream” narrative of the Revolution, 257; popular historians, 140; “Problems of Interpretations” anthologies , 60; rebellion in, 7, 15, 106; revisionist histories, 3–7; scientific history, 24, 28; syntheses of (see syntheses of histories of the Revolution). See also counterProgressive (consensus) historians; New Left historians; Progressive historians American Revolution as: “a political revolution ” with “social consequences,” 16; “a stream,” 16–17, 136, 257; both radical and conservative, 62–63, 102, 114–116; a dual revolution, 37, 64, 76, 88; a generic revolution , 32; a measure of societal progress, 1; a movement for home rule led by the privileged, 95; part of “long war” involving Native Americans, 175, 191–192, 260; a search for principles, 56–58; a social upheaval without social revolution, 121 American Revolution as a Social Movement (Jameson; original title), 25, 28, 30 American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement (Jameson), 13–33; achievement in the context of its time, 15, 31–33; Beard and Beard’s Rise of American History, 35, 36; Beard’s review of, Charles, 19–21; “best work” in American history, recognition as, 14; caution in, 29–30; copies sold, 34–35; delay in publishing, 27–28; documentation, avoidance of, 30; East and, Robert A., 38; evidence used in, 19; form of the book, 16, 30; Henretta on, James A., 14; “Industry and Commerce” (3rd lecture), 18, 19–20, 38, 61; influence of, 14–15, 31–33; Jameson’s prior scholarship , 25–27; in later historical interpretations , 15; Morgan on, Edmund S., 14; original title, 25, 30; political democracy as a result of economic democracy, 18; politics, playing down of, 30–31, 33; Progressive historians, 34, 35; as a reflection of its time, 15, 19–31; religion, attention to...

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