It was awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History. Exploring themes of social change, the influence of class and society on revolution, and the ensuing generation gap, The Radicalism of the American Revolution is considered one of the defining modern texts on the political underpinnings of the war for independence and is often used as a text in college classes on the era. The unpredictability that resulted from the overthrow of colonial rule and the increasingly radical changes brought about by the people on the ground often confused and disappointed even the founding fathers as it took on a life of its own. Rather, Wood asserts that it was a revolution on multiple fronts-government, social, economic-eventually transforming a backward-looking, almost feudal society into a democratic one. Wood’s non-fiction history book The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1993) focuses on the events that led to the American Revolution and how it was much more than a simple break from England.
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