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Alfred F. Young

Alfred F. Young

historian, writer
As a newly minted Ph.D. in 1958, Alfred Young bucked historical conventions, which gave a central place to high politics, political biography, and elite intellectual history. In The Democratic Republicans of New York (1967), Young studied the political movements and aspirations of the "meaner sort" of the Revolutionary era, placing them within a broader class analysis of politics.  [more]
Image of The American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism
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Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press (1984)
Binding: Paperback, 481 pages
Image of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution
Author: Alfred F. Young
Publisher: Beacon Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 262 pages
Image of Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Author: Alfred Young
Publisher: Vintage (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages
Image of Beyond the American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism
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Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 391 pages
Image of Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American Revolution
Author: Alfred Young
Publisher: NYU Press (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 419 pages