Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change
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PRAISE
“thoughtfully written and thoroughly researched, with extensive author notes, endnotes, and a bibliography…Another thoroughly engrossing look at a pivotal year.”
Kirkus
Starred
“a timely deep dive into another turbulent and pivotal year of history: 1789…The conversational narrative styles will pull readers into this wide-ranging, thoroughly researched anthology, which recounts revolutions and revolutionary thinking big and small….stirring read about themes that continue to shape urgent contemporary issues.”
Publishers Weekly
Starred
“Each essay can be appreciated individually, but the overall picture, of societies reconciling competing ideas of science and faith or equality and oppression, becomes clearer throughout the book.”
Horn Book
Betty Carter
“An essay collection that will attract readers who want to learn about the history of personal freedoms or have a deep interest in the topic.”
School Library Journal
“This collection of eleven wide-ranging essays bridges American and world history course matter to demonstrate that episodes encountered as disparate curricular units emerged from a Zeitgeist of revolutionary thought.”
