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O'HAGAN, ANDREW

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Kill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assasination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas

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Paul McGeough

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French and Their Revolution, The: Selected Writings

Cobb, Richard. David Gilmour, Editor

Europe

Sundown Towns(2005 Softcover) (A Hidden Dimension of American Racism)

Politics & Social Sciences

Loewen, James W.

Social Sciences

THE BODY HUNTERS

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

SONIA SHAH

Thrillers & Suspense

The largest collection of Thompson's historical work published in one volume, it gives us the full range of his scholarly output, from William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary and The Making of the English Working Class, to Albion's Fatal Tree and Customs in Common.

The Essential E.P. Thompson

Dorothy (ed) Thompson

THE MASK OF MOTHERHOOD How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and why We Pretend it Doesn't

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Maushart, Susan

Psychology & Counseling

Power Play: The Fight for Control of the World's Electricity

Beder, Sharon

My American Century

TERKEL, Studs

Americas

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Patrick Henry never said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" In fact, no record exists of what he said in his powerful call to arms of March 23, 1775. And Molly Pitcher never took her husband's place at a cannon after he fell at the Battle of Monmouth. Historian Raphael dissects these and 11 other myths of the American Revolution to uncover the truth of these famous events and the significance of their conversion into myth. These tales, argues Raphael, represent 19th-century ideals of "romantic individualism" more than the communitarian ideals of the revolutionary era. Raphael (A People's History of the American Revolution) continues in his populist vein by arguing that these myths, rather than encouraging patriotism and heroism, actually "take away our power," leaving us "in awe of superhuman stars" like Washington or Jefferson and "discouraging ordinary citizens from acting on their own behalf." This is arguable, but advocates of history as seen from below will find the author's point of view appealing. And all students of American history will find Raphael's correction of the historical record instructive and enjoyable. Illus. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Founding Myths

Ray Raphael

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