Age of Revolution
Though its antecedents stretched back to ancient times, the American Revolution truly was, in Emerson’s phrase, “the shot heard round the world,” resonating from the village greens of Lexington and Concord to the streets of Paris and back again. In the hundred years from the Stamp Act to the stillness at Appomattox, embattled farmers first forged the principles of Liberty and then hammered out their meaning for all mankind. This was the Age of Revolution, a period of intense ideological ferment that gave rise to a new nation–indeed, a new concept of nationhood–and set it on a course to greatness.
Three separate studies explore the ideas of the age and their collision on battlefields spanning the new world and the old, providing readers, viewers and listeners with a foundational understanding of the evolution of modern democracy. For all fans and students of history.
Online Resources
Born in Battle
The American Revolution
Hillenbrand, Inglehart, Kennedy
“A highly effective antidote to over-simplified accounts of the American Revolution–and an uncommonly perceptive and engaging antidote at that.”
–Best reference citation, 2001
–Library Journal
Inglehart
“Another tour de force from Troubadour… An immersion learning experience in the Napoleonic Wars.”
– recommended for library and academic collections.
–Library Journal
Hillenbrand, Inglehart, Kennedy
“The best integrated Civil War program we’ve found… Much more than just the sum of its parts, this edition gets an enthusiastic recommendation for library collections and Civil War enthusiasts.”
–Library Journal
Age of Revolution Podcast
Born in Battle 1.1
A spontaneous confrontation in Salem, Massachusetts, proves a harbinger of war…
Quest for Empire 1.1
Having helped win American independence, France faces a revolution of its own…
Fateful Lightning 1.1
The sin of slavery confronts American democracy with a terrible reckoning…