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The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolution

by T. H. Breen ...

A noted historian explores how Colonial Virginia's tobacco businessmen became revolutionaries against the British monarchy.The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried by a demanding planting cycle, trans-Atlantic shipping risks, and their uneasy relations with ... Read more

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A noted historian explores how Colonial Virginia's tobacco businessmen became revolutionaries against the British monarchy.The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried by a demanding planting cycle, trans-Atlantic shipping risks, and their uneasy relations with
... Read more
American Insurgents, American Patriots

The Revolution of the People

by T. H. Breen ...

"A scholarly, unnerving account of the American Revolution's darker side . . . that introduced a new political order." ― The New YorkerBefore there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans—most of them members of farm families ... Read more

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"A scholarly, unnerving account of the American Revolution's darker side . . . that introduced a new political order." ― The New YorkerBefore there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans—most of them members of farm families
... Read more

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The Marketplace of Revolution

How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence

by T. H. Breen ...

The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen explores how colonists who came from very different ethnic and religious backgrounds managed to overcome difference and create a common cause capable of galvanizing resistance. In a richly interdisciplinary narrative that weaves insights into a ... Read more

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The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen explores how colonists who came from very different ethnic and religious backgrounds managed to overcome difference and create a common cause capable of galvanizing resistance. In a richly interdisciplinary narrative that weaves insights into a
... Read more
"Myne Owne Ground"

Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676

by T. H. Breen, Stephen Innes ...

Ever since its publication twenty-five years ago, Myne Owne Ground has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. During the earliest decades of Virginia history, some men and women who arrived in the New World as slaves achieved freedom and formed a stable community on the Eastern shore. Holding their own with white neighbors for much of the ... Read more

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Ever since its publication twenty-five years ago, Myne Owne Ground has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. During the earliest decades of Virginia history, some men and women who arrived in the New World as slaves achieved freedom and formed a stable community on the Eastern shore. Holding their own with white neighbors for much of the
... Read more
The Will of the People

The Revolutionary Birth of America

by T. H. Breen ...

“Important and lucidly written…The American Revolution involved not simply the wisdom of a few great men but the passions, fears, and religiosity of ordinary people.”—Gordon S. WoodIn this boldly innovative work, T. H. Breen spotlights a crucial missing piece in the stories we tell about the American Revolution. From New Hampshire to Georgia, it was ordinary people who became the face of ... Read more

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“Important and lucidly written…The American Revolution involved not simply the wisdom of a few great men but the passions, fears, and religiosity of ordinary people.”—Gordon S. WoodIn this boldly innovative work, T. H. Breen spotlights a crucial missing piece in the stories we tell about the American Revolution. From New Hampshire to Georgia, it was ordinary people who became the face of
... Read more

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The Marketplace of Revolution

How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence

by T. H. Breen ...

The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen explores how colonists who came from very different ethnic and religious backgrounds managed to overcome difference and create a common cause capable of galvanizing resistance. In a richly interdisciplinary narrative that weaves insights into a ... Read more

$15.19 USD

The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen explores how colonists who came from very different ethnic and religious backgrounds managed to overcome difference and create a common cause capable of galvanizing resistance. In a richly interdisciplinary narrative that weaves insights into a
... Read more
The American Revolution on Trial

A New Nation Confronts the Burden of Independence

by T. H. Breen ...

Series series The Revolutionary Age
A master historian uncovers a spellbinding story illustrating the stakes for the new nation in the American War for IndependenceHow does a new country demonstrate to the world that it is prepared to uphold the rule of law? During the winter of 1778, in the midst of revolution, a bizarre and dramatic court-martial forced an American community to confront the full implications of its independence ... Read more

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A master historian uncovers a spellbinding story illustrating the stakes for the new nation in the American War for IndependenceHow does a new country demonstrate to the world that it is prepared to uphold the rule of law? During the winter of 1778, in the midst of revolution, a bizarre and dramatic court-martial forced an American community to confront the full implications of its independence
... Read more
The Haunting of Black Lake

by T. C. Breen ...

Twelve years ago, teenager Troy Kender came face to face with what haunts the town of Black Lake. He was lucky, he survived. His best friend didn’t. He was told it was an accident, and he believed it.What other reasonable explanation is there? He thought. Black Lake was just the kind of town that had more than its fair share of tragedy.Echoing that sentiment, a small handful of years later was the ... Read more

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Twelve years ago, teenager Troy Kender came face to face with what haunts the town of Black Lake. He was lucky, he survived. His best friend didn’t. He was told it was an accident, and he believed it.What other reasonable explanation is there? He thought. Black Lake was just the kind of town that had more than its fair share of tragedy.Echoing that sentiment, a small handful of years later was the
... Read more
Jud

Ever the Night Road, #2

by Michael Breen ...

Series Book 2 - Ever the Night Road
The sequel to the award-winning indie novel, Ever the Night Road.This is a fantasy. Of a shifting city hidden in the weeds. Of princesses turned to metal and rust. Of knights eternal and a queen of dreams. And a deep underground.The adventure continues where Ever the Night Road left off. Now eighteen, Dagny Losh must brave the mythical, labyrinthine city of Jud, where streets and buildings shift ... Read more

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The sequel to the award-winning indie novel, Ever the Night Road.This is a fantasy. Of a shifting city hidden in the weeds. Of princesses turned to metal and rust. Of knights eternal and a queen of dreams. And a deep underground.The adventure continues where Ever the Night Road left off. Now eighteen, Dagny Losh must brave the mythical, labyrinthine city of Jud, where streets and buildings shift
... Read more
Tripping on Utopia

Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science

by Benjamin Breen ...

**A Los Angeles Times BestsellerOne of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, illuminating how a culture of experimental drugs shaped the Cold War and the birth of Silicon Valley."Brilliant and original."―Charles King, author of Gods of the Upper Air and Midnight at the Pera Palace**"It was not the Baby ... Read more

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**A Los Angeles Times BestsellerOne of The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024A bold and brilliant revisionist take on the history of psychedelics in the twentieth century, illuminating how a culture of experimental drugs shaped the Cold War and the birth of Silicon Valley."Brilliant and original."―Charles King, author of Gods of the Upper Air and Midnight at the Pera Palace**"It was not the Baby
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Maggie Dove's Detective Agency

Maggie Dove, #2

by Susan Breen ...

Series Book 2 - Maggie Dove
"Maggie Dove's Detective Agency is a delightful mix of mystery, heart-felt drama, and crazy antics. Maggie uses her skills as both a Sunday School teacher and PI to solve the case - a quirky combination from author Breen that works perfectly!"–Marty Wingate, USA Today Bestselling AuthorAs Susan Breen's compelling cozy mystery series continues, Maggie Dove's budding detective agency has given her a ... Read more

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"Maggie Dove's Detective Agency is a delightful mix of mystery, heart-felt drama, and crazy antics. Maggie uses her skills as both a Sunday School teacher and PI to solve the case - a quirky combination from author Breen that works perfectly!"–Marty Wingate, USA Today Bestselling AuthorAs Susan Breen's compelling cozy mystery series continues, Maggie Dove's budding detective agency has given her a
... Read more
After the Darkness: A survivor's true story of childhood incest, rape, abuse, domestic violence, and her ability to overcome the negative impact these events had on her life.

by Candace Breen ...

The author shares her struggles which began in childhood with her being abandoned by her mother and raped by her father. She takes the reader on her life journey and discusses her repeated encounters with abuse, childhood incest, rape and domestic violence. The author also shares how she managed to overcome these negative events and become a fully functional, inspirational, and successful woman ... Read more

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The author shares her struggles which began in childhood with her being abandoned by her mother and raped by her father. She takes the reader on her life journey and discusses her repeated encounters with abuse, childhood incest, rape and domestic violence. The author also shares how she managed to overcome these negative events and become a fully functional, inspirational, and successful woman
... Read more

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