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West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colonies to explore the many other revolutions roiling the turbulent American continent. In that fateful year, the Spanish landed in San Francisco, the Russians pushed into Alaska to hunt valuable sea otters, and the Sioux discovered the Black Hills. Hailed by critics for challenging our conventional view of the birth of America, West of the Revolution [coaxes] our vision away from the Atlantic seaboard and exposes a continent seething with peoples and purposes beyond Minutemen and Redcoats (Wall Street Journal).
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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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This is full of really good information. It was a cool idea to look at the rest of the continent during the pivotal year of 1776. The British colonies turned United States were only really mentioned to point out that they made up just 4% of the continent, but they‘re all we ever hear about. Unfortunately for this book, it is dry as hell. This book is a prime example of why 99% of students hate history.
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GingerAntics Saunt has managed to take relatively interesting and thought provoking information and go on for so long about it, the reader no longer cares and just wants the book to be over. #ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History 3y
RamsFan1963 That's a shame because it sounds like a really interesting topic to read about. 3y
GingerAntics @RamsFan1963 it really is. This is just overly academic and not very approachable. I wish someone would use the idea to write a popular history or something. 3y
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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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What a lovely human being.
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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Apparently, in the 18th century, Russians would make fur clothing out of just about anything, including DOMESTICATED CATS!!!
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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It‘s interesting to read about how very clueless the colonists were as to what lay to the West. Some folks claimed in the 1600s that‘s they stood on top of the Appalachian Mountains and was the sails of ships on the Pacific Ocean in the distance, and this was the prevailing thought throughout the revolutionary period. No lie.
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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This makes me think of “I can see Russia from my back yard.” 🤦🏼‍♀️ This is certainly a whole new spin on that.
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

Freespirit I could not believe that comment😕 4y
GingerAntics @Freespirit I think there was a collective face palm, including John McCain, when she said that. 4y
CSeydel Well, not really, since it was Tina Fey who said it. Sarah Palin said “you can see Russia from an island here in Alaska.” 4y
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GingerAntics @CSeydel because adding the island was so much better. It seemed every time she opened her mouth, we were all face palming. 4y
CSeydel Okay, I wasn‘t trying to start a fight. It‘s true that you can see Russia from parts of Alaska. I‘m not really sure why that‘s a facepalm, compared with some other things she said. 4y
GingerAntics @CSeydel it‘s a face palm because seeing another country isn‘t foreign relations experience. Instead of being honest that she didn‘t have any, but she brought other things to the table, she said you could see Russia from Alaska. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 4y
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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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This certainly puts perspective on things.
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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Slow afternoon at work, so I might as well get some reading done.
#ClaudioSaunt #WestOfTheRevolution #AmericanHistory #IndigenousHistory #ColonialHistory #History

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 | Claudio Saunt
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This is one of the many books I read in course work for my masters degree. Of course, like pretty much all of those books, I remember the cover and not much else. There really is something to taking your time with a text. This author actually has another book coming out in February that sounds really good, so I‘m hoping to reconnect with this text in the next month (instead of the week I had to read it, discuss it, and drop it before).

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