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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert McCluer Calhoon , Timothy M. Barnes , Robert Scott DavisPublisher: University of South Carolina Press Imprint: University of South Carolina Press Edition: Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9781570038907ISBN 10: 1570038902 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 30 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWell researched and cogently written, [these essays] map Robert M. Calhoon's quest to understand the American Loyalists . . . [and] illuminate the rich diversity of thought, motivation, and practice present in the Loyalist community. --Journal of American History All serious students of the internal conflict begotten by the American Revolution will want to ponder Calhoon's essays and apply them to their own work. --William and Mary Quarterly As a study of the moral dilemma facing members of the Loyalist elite, this is a valuable collection. Gracefully written and well argued, it tells historians as much about patriot values as it does about the Loyalist response to a changing society. --North Carolina Historical Review This book demands the serious attention of all students of the American Revolution. --Georgia Historical Quarterly Calhoon's sifting of secondary works and his insights from contemporary documents are useful not only to students of the formation of the republic but also to the wide community of scholars interested in the nature and impact of the American Revolution throughout North America. --American Review of Canadian Studies Well researched and cogently written, [these essays] map Robert M. Calhoon's quest to understand the American Loyalists... [and] illuminate the rich diversity of thought, motivation, and practice present in the Loyalist community. -- Journal of American History This book demands the serious attention of all students of the American Revolution. -- Georgia Historical Quarterly Calhoon's sifting of secondary works and his insights from contemporary documents are useful not only to students of the formation of the republic but also to the wide community of scholars interested in the nature and impact of the American Revolution throughout North America. -- American Review of Canadian Studies As a study of the moral dilemma facing members of the Loyalist elite, this is a valuable collection. Gracefully written and well argued, it tells historians as much about patriot values as it does about the Loyalist response to a changing society. -- North Carolina Historical Review All serious students of the internal conflict begotten by the American Revolution will want to ponder Calhoon's essays and apply them to their own work. -- William and Mary Quarterly Author InformationRobert M. Calhoon is a professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he taught from 1964 to 2008. Calhoon is the author of numerous books, including The Loyalists in Revolutionary America, 1760-1781; Evangelicals and Conservatives in the Early South, 1740-1861; and Political Moderation in America's First Two Centuries. Timothy M. Barnes is an associate professor of history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is coeditor with Robert M. Calhoon and George A. Rawlyk of Loyalists and Community in North America. Robert Scott Davis is director of the Family and Regional History Program and a professor of genealogy, geography, and history at Wallace State College in Hanceville, Alabama. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Tracing Your Alabama Past, Requiem for a Lost City: Sallie Clayton's Memoirs of Civil War Atlanta and Cotton, Fire, and Dreams: The Robert Findlay Iron Works and Heavy Industry in Macon, Georgia, 1839-1912. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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