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Years That Changed History: 1776

Summary

THE YEARS THAT CHANGED HISTORY: 1776 invites you to take a uniquely different look at the events of this famous year, in a brilliant and surprising excavation of world history. With the expert guidance of Professor Adam Jortner of Auburn University, you’ll explore the whole world of 1776, discovering the surprising connections between earth-shaking events in politics, philosophy, literature, science, map-making, and economics around the globe. The American Revolution was only one part of a world-spanning transformation of empires, of technologies, and of human thought.Adam Jortner is the Goodwin-Philpott Eminent Professor of Religion in the Department of History at Auburn University. He received his PhD in History from the University of Virginia. He has written and lectured extensively on the history of religion and the imagination, and he has received grants and fellowships from many organizations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society. His books include No Place for Saints, Blood from the Sky, and The Gods of Prophetstown, which won the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize, awarded to new authors writing about the history of the early American republic.

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