Many Identities, One Nation
Subtitle: The Revolution and Its Legacy in the Mid-Atlantic (Early American Studies)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: May 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780812240016
Subjects: American history; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - Revolutionary War; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); 18th century; 19th century; Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.); Group identity; Pluralism (Social sciences)
Description: "In Many Identities, One Nation, Liam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identities among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Attending to individual experiences through a close comparative analysis, Riordan explains the transformation from British subjects to U.S. citizens in a region that included Quakers, African Americans, and Pennsylvania Germans." "This story brings to life the popular culture of the Revolutionary Delaware Valley through analysis of wide-ranging evidence, from architecture, folk art, clothing, and music to personal papers, newspapers, and local church, tax, and census records."--book jacket.