The Long Revolution: Creating a United States After 1776

For America 250, a provocative argument that a “Long Revolution” formed the violently beating heart of American politics for decades after 1776.

“Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's delightful The Long Revolution shows how much the story of America remains unsettled—and ours to make anew.” —Garrett M. Graff, bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky

In the century after Independence, many Americans believed that their Revolution was still in progress. Far from a unifying national myth, the Revoluti...