Historians Arguing About the American Revolution
Introduction
Historians Disagree About Everything, or So It Seems
Including what to remember, what to teach, and much else.
The Historiography of the American Revolution
How have historians in different times and places interpreted the causes and character of the Revolution differently?
Recent Scholarship
Different takes on a recent influential book on the American Revolution: Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, by Woody Holton (2021).
The Many American Revolutions
Woody Holton’s Liberty is Sweet charts not only the contest with Great Britain over “home rule” but also the internal struggle over who should rule at home.
Fighting the American Revolution: An Interview with Woody Holton
In this conversation, we discussed the book’s aims, and the state of the field in the study of the American Revolution, as the countdown to the semiquincentennial begins.
The American Revolution from Two Perspectives: A Debate
A debate between author Woody Holton and historian Gordon Wood.