Tradition, Conflict, and Modernization

List of ContributorsAcknowledgments l Introduction I The Perspective of Tradition 2 The American Revolution in National Tradition I. Contemporary Speculations and Divergences, 1776-1799 II. Revolution Romanticized and Revolutionaries Immortalized, 1800-1832 III. The Revolution Recorded, Threatened, and Vindicated, 1833-1874 IV. Celebrating the Present and Escaping into the Past, 1875-1906 V. Dull Scholars, Cynical Debunkers, and Patriots All, 1907-1944 VI. Realism, Pluralism, and Elitism: The Revolutionary Tradition Recedes, 1945-1975 II The Perspective of Conflict 3 Collective Action in England and America, 1765-1775 I. Defense of Local Rights II. Events in London III. Actions in Massachusetts IV. Actions in South Carolina V. Conclusions 4 Back Country Rebellions and the Homestead Ethic in America, 1, 40-1799 I. The Land-Population-Wealth Crisis II. The Homestead Ethic in the Back Country III. The Goals of the Rebels IV. Patterns of Leadership V. Patterns of Activity VI. Conclusions III The Perspective of Modernization 5 The American Revolution, Modernization, and Man: A Critique I. Modernization and the Revolution II. The Individual III. Social Change and Human Personality Index