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Middlekauff, Robert Lawrence was born on July 5, 1929 in Yakima, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harold and Katherine Ruth (Horne) Middlekauff.
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In this classic work of American religious history, Robert Middlekauff traces the evolution of Puritan thought and theology in America from its origins in New England through the early eighteenth century. He focuses on three generations of intellectual ministers—Richard, Increase, and Cotton Mather—in order to challenge the traditional telling of the secularization of Puritanism, a story of faith transformed by reason, science, and business. Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and uncompromising than traditional accounts have allowed. At the same time, he portrays changing ideas and patterns of behavior that reveal much about the first hundred years of American life.
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The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between England and America, highlighting the drama and anguish of the colonial struggle for independence. Combining the political and the personal, he provides a compelling account of the key events that precipitated the war, from the Stamp Act to the Tea Act, tracing the gradual gathering of American resistance that culminated in the Boston Tea Party and "the shot heard 'round the world." The heart of the book features a vivid description of the eight-year-long war, with gripping accounts of battles and campaigns, ranging from Bunker Hill and Washington's crossing of the Delaware to the brilliant victory at Hannah's Cowpens and the final triumph at Yorktown, paying particular attention to what made men fight in these bloody encounters. The book concludes with an insightful look at the making of the Constitution in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and the struggle over ratification. Through it all, Middlekauff gives the reader a vivid sense of how the colonists saw these events and the importance they gave to them. Common soldiers and great generals, Sons of Liberty and African slaves, town committee-men and representatives in congress--all receive their due. And there are particularly insightful portraits of such figures as Sam and John Adams, James Otis, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and many others. This new edition has been revised and expanded, with fresh coverage of topics such as mob reactions to British measures before the War, military medicine, women's role in the Revolution, American
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Middlekauff, Robert Lawrence was born on July 5, 1929 in Yakima, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Harold and Katherine Ruth (Horne) Middlekauff.
Bachelor of Arts, University Washington, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1961.
Instructor history, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1959-1962; assistant professor of history, University of California-Berkeley, 1962-1966; associate professor, University of California-Berkeley, 1966-1970; professor, University of California-Berkeley, 1970-1980; Margaret Byrne professor of history, University of California-Berkeley, 1980-1983; director, Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, 1983-1988; professor of history, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1992; Preston Hotchkiss professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1992; Harmsworth professor of history, Oxford (England) University, 1996-1997. Member of council Institute Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1974-1976, 85-88.
(The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford Histor...)
( In this classic work of American religious history, Rob...)
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1952-1954, Korea. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, American Philosophical Society, Society of America Historians, American Antiquarian Society, Associates Early American History and Culture (chairman executive committee), Colonial Society Massachusetts (correspondent), Massachusetts History Society.
Married Beverly Jo Martin, July 11, 1952. Children: Samuel John, Holly Ruth.