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America The American Revolution: Writings From the War of Independence. Library of America. New York: Library of America, c2001. [Call #: 973.3 A512w]
Axelrod, Alan. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution [electronic resource]. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, c2000. [Call #: 973.3]. To access, go to http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=25288 and search for the title. To be able to access NetLibrary books from off-campus, you must first create a NetLibrary username while on the Elmhurst College campus. Please contact the library if you have questions about these books (call 630-617-3173 or email ref@elmhurst.edu).
Breen, T. H. The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped
American Independence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
[Call #: 973.31 B832m]
Buchanan, John. The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army
that Won the Revolution. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, c2004.
[Call #: 973.33 B918r]
Bukovansky, Mlada. Legitimacy and Power Politics: the American and French Revolutions in International Political Culture. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. [Call #: 306.20944 B932L]
Burstein, Andrew. America's Jubilee. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2001. [Call #: 973.36 B972a]
Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. [Call #: 973.4 E47f]
Greene, Jack P. and J.R. Pole., eds. A Companion to the American Revolution. Blackwell Companions to American History. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. [Call #: 973.3 C737]
Haven, Kendall F. Voices of the American Revolution: Stories of Men, Women, and Children who Forged our Nation [electronic resource]. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. [Call #: 973.3/092]. To access, go to http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=80802 and search for the title. To be able to access NetLibrary books from off-campus, you must first create a NetLibrary username while on the Elmhurst College campus. Please contact the library if you have questions about these books (call 630-617-3173 or email ref@elmhurst.edu).
Lane, Jason. General and Madame de Lafayette: Partners in Liberty's Cause in the American and French Revolutions. Lanham: Taylor Trade: Distributed by National Book Network, c2003. [Call #: 944.04 L265g]
McCullough, David G. 1776. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2005. [Call #: 973.3 M133s]
McDougall, Walter A. Freedom Just Around the Corner: a New American History, 1585-1828. [Call #: 973.2 M137f]
O'Leary, Cecilia Elizabeth. To Die For: the Paradox of American Patriotism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1999. [Call #: 320.54 O45d]
Raphael, Ray. Founding Myths: Stories That Hide our Patriotic Past. New York: New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2004. [Call #: 973.3 R217f].
Rosenfeld, Susan, ed. "Era 3: Revolution and New Nation (1763-1820s)." Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents, vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, c2004. [Call #: R 973.03 E56]
Stewart, Jon. "The Founding of America." America (The Book):
A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction. New York, NY: Warner Books, c2004,
p. 17-34.
[Call #: 817.5408 S849a]
Travers, Len. Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic [electronic resource]. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, c1997. [Call #: 394.2/634]. To access, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=13938 and search for the title. To be able to access NetLibrary books from off-campus, you must first create a NetLibrary username while on the Elmhurst College campus. Please contact the library if you have questions about these books (call 630-617-3173 or email ref@elmhurst.edu).
Volo, Dorothy Denneen. Daily Life During the American Revolution. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003. [Call #: 973.31 V929d]
Zinn, Howard. "Tyranny is Tyranny" and "A Kind of Revolution."
A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present. New York: Perennial
Classics, c2003,
p. 59-102.. [Call #: 973 Z78p 2003]
African Americans & The Revolution
Blumrosen, Alfred W. Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies &
Sparked the American Revolution. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, c2005.
[Call #: 973.311 B658s]
Buckley, Gail Lumet. American Patriots: the Story of Blacks in the Military
from the Revolution to Desert Storm. New York: Random House, c2001.
[Call #: 355.008996 B924a]
Waldstreicher, David. Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and
the American Revolution. New York: Hill and Wang, 2004.
[Call #: 973.3092 W168r]
Berkin, Carol. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's
Independence. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 2005.
[Call #: 973.3082 B512r]
Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. New York: William Morrow, c2004. [Call #: 973.30922 R643f]
Young, Alfred Fabian. Masquerade: the Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 2004. [Call #: 973.3092 Y68m]
The American Revolution: National Discussion of Our Revolutionary Origins
LIBERTY! - The American Revolution (PBS)
The History Place - American Revolution. A timeline of significant events with brief descriptions of each.
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary War
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention ~ Documents ~ 1774-1789
The National Archives and Records Administration. Includes full text of historical documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights.
Primary Documents in American History: The American Revolution and The New Nation, 1763-1815
Revolutionary Era ~ Maps ~ 1750-1789
Spy Letters of the American Revolution -- From the Collections of the Clements Library
Biographies of the Founding Fathers
A Capitol Fourth.
History of the Fourth (PBS)
Fourth of July Celebrations Database
Internet Modern
History Sourcebook: American Independence. A great portal to numerous
American Revolution Web sites.
Patriotic Melodies. See, hear, and learn more about some of our nation's most beloved music.
Page created June 04, 2005, by Kate Niehoff, Library Intern, A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College