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Hardcover The Price of Nationhood: The American Revolution in Charles County Book

ISBN: 0393036588

ISBN13: 9780393036589

The Price of Nationhood: The American Revolution in Charles County

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"A vivid portrait of a country and a region at war, rich with detail of how the prologue to the war and the conduct of it changed the lives of everyone who lived within the country's borders--men,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Great Understanding of the Colonial Tobacco Coast Culture

I bought this book for genealogical purposes, but found that it was a very enjoyable book to read and explained the culture of the Tobacco Coast to me better than several other books I have read. There was also enough detail that I felt I understood much more of the thought processes of the people I have been tracing and has fleshed out their surroundings in a very complete way.

Excellent Scholarship and Good History

Professor Lee gives us a scholarly review of a microcosm of the culture and weltanshauung of a relatively backwater Maryland county headed into revolution. That such scholarship is targeted at a minor topic is truly impressive. If anything, it gives one pause as to whether the investment in academic research in history is overdone. For here is a representative picture drawn, but at such detail it must have taken tremendous resources. One wonders what topics suffer to give such infinite color to a tiny leaf on a giant tree. But the beauty of scholarship and solid writing for those interested in this topic, such as genealogists or revolutionary war scholars, will find this book a delightfully sharp and detailed portrait of a place whose most might town was the now unremembered "Port Tobacco."
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