@article{454999,
      recid = {454999},
      author = {Breen, T. H.},
      title = {American insurgents, American patriots : the revolution of  the people /},
      publisher = {Hill and Wang,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {337 p. ;},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {"Before there could be a revolution, there was a  rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents.  Challenging decades of received wisdom, T.H. Breen's  strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans--  most of them members of farm families living in small  communities-- were drawn into a successful insurgency  against imperial authority. This is the compelling story of  our national political origins that most Americans do not  know. It is a story of rumor, charity, vengeance, and  restraint. American insurgents, American patriots reminds  us that revolutions are violent events. They provoke  passion and rage, a willingness to use violence to achieve  political ends, a deep sense of betrayal, and a strong  religious conviction that God expects an oppressed people  to defend their rights. The American Revolution was no  exception."--Book jacket.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/454999},
}