{"product_id":"gentlemen-revolutionaries-9780691172668","title":"Gentlemen Revolutionaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised the independent republic's elite--worked hard to maintain their positions of power. Gentlemen Revolutionaries shows how their struggles over status, hierarchy, property, and control shap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cutterham has written a bracing book that demands attention. \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Revolutionaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written, original, and daring interpretation of the nation's most formative period.\"\u003cb\u003e—Patrick Griffin, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGentlemen Revolutionaries\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging and enlightening study of how elite gentlemen strove and struggled to maintain the illusion of power—that is, of being able to control the social and economic transformations wrought by a revolution that they had unleashed. Cutterham advances our understanding of the reality of historical lives.\"\u003cb\u003e—Colin Nicolson, University of Stirling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introduction 1  Chapter 1 Inheritance 9  Chapter 2 Obedience 37  Chapter 3 Justice 66  Chapter 4 Capital 94  Chapter 5 Rebellion 123  Conclusion 152  Notes 161  Index 189","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403836367191,"sku":"9780691172668","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691172668.jpg?v=1730484677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gentlemen-revolutionaries-9780691172668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}