{"product_id":"the-long-revolution-creating-a-united-states-after-1776","title":"The Long Revolution: Creating a United States After 1776","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A precise history of commemorations of the Declaration [and] a radical redefinition.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling vision of a Revolution that early generations of Americans viewed as fragile and incomplete.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An unexpected source of historical insights.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it is a very good idea to explore how July Fourth was celebrated in its first century. In this clever and surprising book, Nathan Perl-Rosenthal shows us that orators from all walks of life used the occasion to tell the story of the American Revolution not as something over and done but as an ongoing and unfinished transformation.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophia Rosenfeld, author of The Age of Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Long Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and elegant national birthday present. At a time of backlash and complacency, Nathan Perl-Rosenthal shows us how generative and questioning the Fourth of July could be--and for whom.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Waldstreicher, author of The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNathan Perl-Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history, French and Italian, and law at the University of Southern California. His writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \n\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. The award-winning author of  \n\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eCitizen Sailors\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in Los Angeles and Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"By mining a trove of Fourth of July speeches delivered in our nation's first century, historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal has unearthed some enduring preoccupations that Americans have had about their republic--their pride, their fears, their aspirations, but above all their conviction that the republic is an experiment requiring unremitting care. In a low, dishonest period in our history, this surprisingly timely book reminds us of our responsibilities.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Lilla, author of The Once and Future Liberal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's delightful \n\u003ci\u003eThe Long Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e shows how much the story of America remains unsettled--and ours to make anew. Through his remarkably close, detailed, and ultimately inspiring study of the changing meaning of the Fourth of July, he shows how the true strength of the United States isn't in any piece of parchment, but in the thousands of small towns and big cities where decade by decade Americans made the Founders' vision their own.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarrett M. Graff, bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, a brilliant young historian, has figured out a way of performing a CT scan on the early American soul: by reviewing almost 2,500 Fourth of July orations delivered during the first hundred years of the United States. The result is a memorable, and clarifying, portrait of a nation that was still figuring out what it was--an urgent project back then, and one that we might revive now.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Lemann, author of Redemption\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This timely and thoughtful study of the evolving meanings of the American Revolution and its place in public memory and civil discourse is highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Well-organized and well-illustrated... Perl-Rosenthal's descriptions of bygone July 4th celebrations can be so vivid readers will feel as though they were there.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Illuminating. ... [Perl-Rosenthal] writes with clarity and a welcome lack of cant, and he has an eye for the telling detail.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderful ... \u003ci\u003eThe Long Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e makes a smart and convincing case that the Revolution remained alive in the minds of Americans longer than we might assume.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFor America 250, a provocative argument that a \"Long Revolution\" formed the violently beating heart of American politics for decades after 1776.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's delightful \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Long Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e shows how much the story of America remains unsettled--and ours to make anew.\" --Garrett M. Graff, bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the century after Independence, many Americans believed that their Revolution was still in progress. Far from a unifying national myth, the Revolution was for generations of Americans a source of radically conflicting political ideas. Nowhere was this clearer than on the Fourth of July, when Americans gathered for speeches that, as one orator put it in 1834, aimed to \"examine the present, and to look forward to the future.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \n\u003ci\u003eThe Long Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal mines thousands of Independence Day orations to offer a stirring and revelatory new history of this long American Revolution. In the words of local notables and national celebrities, men and women, white and Black, he identifies the contrasting visions, intense anxieties, and radical power evoked by the Revolution deep into the nineteenth century. This is a history of the American founding for today's fragmented and anxious political moment, helping us find a usable past to guide us toward our own uncertain future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781541606630, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 124 (EAN 9781541606630, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781541606630, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496145420566,"sku":"9781541606630","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781541606630.jpg?v=1783053938","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-revolution-creating-a-united-states-after-1776","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}