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TIZIANO BONAZZI

The American Revolution

Long considered a sort of «non-revolution» as compared to the French and Soviet paradigms, or – on the other side of the Atlantic – as a true fulfilment of freedom, the American Revolution is today studied as a complex and contradictory event featuring social and ethnic conflicts, as a civil war, and as an internal conflict among rival European empires. It did not give birth to democracy, for elites managed to hinder the advance of the lower classes caused by their strong political and military role. However the American Revolution did usher in a liberal state decisively inspired by the Enlightenment, based on citizens’ consent and the acknowledgement of individual rights (at least for white males). It represents the beginning of our political modernity, comprising both accomplishments and contradictions.

Tiziano Bonazzi is professor emeritus at the University of Bologna, where he used to teach History and Institutions of North America.

Quasi un’introduzione
I. Dal mito politico alla storia
II. Britannici, parrebbe
III. Danni collaterali
IV. Una crisi irrisolvibile
V. 1776
VI. Guerra
VII. Confederazione
VIII. Il processo costituente
IX. Costituzione
X. Ratifica
XI. Consenso e potere
Conclusioni
Bibliografia
Indice dei nomi

See also

copertina La Lega di Salvini
copertina Democrazia ed economia
copertina Il vicolo cieco
copertina Il tramonto della Repubblica dei partiti