A resistance history of the United States [electronic resource] / Tad Stoermer
Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past-and how its principles can change our future. The United States was shaped by resistance-but not in the way we've been taught. The Revolution did not secure liberty; it opened the door to either liberty or oppression, where only white men enjoyed all of the benefits and protections of citizenship. In A Resistance History of the United States, public historian Tad Stoermer shows how from the very beginning, that tension-between the ideals of resistance and the realities of power-has defined America more than the Enlightenment ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Utililizing powerful storytelling to focus on key-and often lesser-known-moments in American history, this book reveals the truth of how...
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- Publisher: New York : Pushkin Press, 2026.
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Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past-and how its principles can change our future. The United States was shaped by resistance-but not in the way we've been taught. The Revolution did not secure liberty; it opened the door to either liberty or oppression, where only white men enjoyed all of the benefits and protections of citizenship. In A Resistance History of the United States, public historian Tad Stoermer shows how from the very beginning, that tension-between the ideals of resistance and the realities of power-has defined America more than the Enlightenment ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Utililizing powerful storytelling to focus on key-and often lesser-known-moments in American history, this book reveals the truth of how...
