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Gilje, Paul Arn was born on August 3, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Arne and Wladja Gilje.
( Making of the American Republic seeks to provoke reade...)
Making of the American Republic seeks to provoke readers to think about the implications of the American Revolution in a new way, offering a larger interpretive theme other than the rise of democracy. This interpretive book places the events, the people, and the ideas of the period within the context of how the American Revolution gave birth to a dynamic capitalist economic system. The book argues that out of the democratic impulses of the era emerged an aggressively entrepreurial American social order. Provides a synthesis, covering the fundamental details of history, while providing a larger statement of the meaning of the changes in the period. Includes detailed portraits of Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson, as well as descriptions of how ordinary people lived. For the study of the American Revolution and the Early Republic to 1815.
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(Talks about what liberty meant to an important group of c...)
Talks about what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. This book shows that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought.
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( "... a sweeping, analytical synethsis of collective vio...)
"... a sweeping, analytical synethsis of collective violence from the colonial experience to the present." ―American Studies "Gilje has written ‘the book’ on rioting throughout American history." ―The Historian "... a thorough, illuminating, and at times harrowing account of man’s inhumanity to man." ―William and Mary Quarterly "... fulfills its title's promise as an encyclopedic study... an impressive accomplishment and required reading for anyone interested in America's contentious past." ―Journal of the Early Republic "Gilje has written a thought-provoking survey of the social context of American riots and popular disorders from the Colonial period to the late 20th century.... a must read for anyone interested in riots." ―Choice In this wide-ranging survey of rioting in America, Paul A. Gilje argues that we cannot fully comprehend the history of the United States without an understanding of the impact of rioting. Exploring the rationale of the American mob brings to light the grievances that motivate its behavior and the historical circumstances that drive the choices it makes. Gilje’s unusual lens makes for an eye-opening view of the American people and their history.
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( Through careful research and colorful accounts, histori...)
Through careful research and colorful accounts, historian Paul A. Gilje discovers what liberty meant to an important group of common men in American society, those who lived and worked on the waterfront and aboard ships. In the process he reveals that the idealized vision of liberty associated with the Founding Fathers had a much more immediate and complex meaning than previously thought. In Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution, life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature—often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice. Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812.
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(The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public ...)
The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revolutionary period through the Jacksonian era. During that time, the mob lost its traditional, institutional role as corporate safety valve and social corrective, tolerated by public officials. It became autonomous, a violent menace to individual and public good expressing the discordant urges and fears of a pluralistic society. Indeed, it tested the premises of democratic government. Paul Gilje relates the practices of New York mobs to their American and European roots and uses both historical and anthropological methods to show how those mobs adapted to local conditions. He questions many of the traditional assumptions about the nature of the mob and scrutinizes explanations of its transformation: among them, the loss of a single-interest society, industrialization and changes in the workforce, increased immigration, and the rise of sub-classes in American society. Gilje's findings can be extended to other cities. The lucid narrative incorporates meticulous and exhaustive archival research that unearths hundreds of New York City disturbances -- about the Revolution, bawdy-houses, theaters, dogs and hogs, politics, elections, ethnic conflict, labor actions, religion. Illustrations recreate the turbulent atmosphere of the city; maps, graphs, and tables define the spacial and statistical dimensions of its ferment. The book is a major contribution to our understanding of social change in the early Republic as well as to the history of early New York, urban studies, and rioting.
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Gilje, Paul Arn was born on August 3, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Arne and Wladja Gilje.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1974. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1980.
Assistant professor history University Oklahoma, Norman, 1980-1986, associate professor, 1986-1994, professor, since 1994, Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation Presidential professor department history, since 2000.
( Making of the American Republic seeks to provoke reade...)
(Talks about what liberty meant to an important group of c...)
(The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public ...)
(The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public ...)
( Through careful research and colorful accounts, histori...)
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( "... a sweeping, analytical synethsis of collective vio...)
Member American History Association, Organization of America Historians, Society of Historians of the Early Republic, Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Married Ann Elisabeth Liebermann, August 10, 1973. Children: Erik, Karin.