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The Age of Atlantic Revolution

The Fall and Rise of a Connected World

by Patrick Griffin ...

A bold new account of the Age of Revolution, one of the most complex and vast transformations in human history**“A fresh and illuminating framework for understanding our past and imagining our future. Powerfully argued and engagingly written, Patrick Griffin’s timely account of revolutionary regime change and reaction shows how a world of empires became our world of nation-states.”—Peter S. Onuf, ... Read more

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A bold new account of the Age of Revolution, one of the most complex and vast transformations in human history**“A fresh and illuminating framework for understanding our past and imagining our future. Powerfully argued and engagingly written, Patrick Griffin’s timely account of revolutionary regime change and reaction shows how a world of empires became our world of nation-states.”—Peter S. Onuf,
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The Townshend Moment

The Making of Empire and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century

by Patrick Griffin ...

The captivating story of two British brothers whose attempts to reform an empire helped to incite rebellion and revolution in America and insurgency and reform in Ireland Patrick Griffin chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain’s mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and ... Read more

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The captivating story of two British brothers whose attempts to reform an empire helped to incite rebellion and revolution in America and insurgency and reform in Ireland Patrick Griffin chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain’s mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and
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Stories of Praise

by Patrick Griffin ...

In a time when so much information is coming at us and trying to shape how we think, how do we decide which version of world reality we can safely rely on? How can a person know that he or she is committed to the right direction in a world that is constantly changing, and in which we have few, if any, ways of testing which competing story is the right one?The Bible presents a story you CAN count ... Read more

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In a time when so much information is coming at us and trying to shape how we think, how do we decide which version of world reality we can safely rely on? How can a person know that he or she is committed to the right direction in a world that is constantly changing, and in which we have few, if any, ways of testing which competing story is the right one?The Bible presents a story you CAN count
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American Leviathan

Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier

by Patrick Griffin ...

A history of the settlement of the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century."Griffin focuses on what is least republican about the early Republic. His America—authoritarian, forged in violence—is a beast future historians of the Revolutionary period will need to reckon with." — The New York SunExploring the dark and bloody ground of the American frontier around the time of the struggle for ... Read more

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A history of the settlement of the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century."Griffin focuses on what is least republican about the early Republic. His America—authoritarian, forged in violence—is a beast future historians of the Revolutionary period will need to reckon with." — The New York SunExploring the dark and bloody ground of the American frontier around the time of the struggle for
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The People with No Name

Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689-1764

by Patrick Griffin ...

More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name is the first book to tell this fascinating story in its full, transatlantic ... Read more

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More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution, the largest movement of any group from the British Isles to British North America in the eighteenth century. Drawing on a vast store of archival materials, The People with No Name is the first book to tell this fascinating story in its full, transatlantic
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Assessment for Teaching

by Patrick Griffin ...

Grounded in contemporary, evidence-based research, the second edition of Assessment for Teaching provides a comprehensive introduction to assessment and teaching in primary and secondary school settings. Taking a practical approach to assessment and the collaborative use of data in the classroom, this text advances a developmental model of assessment which aims to improve student outcomes through ... Read more

$63.99 USD

Grounded in contemporary, evidence-based research, the second edition of Assessment for Teaching provides a comprehensive introduction to assessment and teaching in primary and secondary school settings. Taking a practical approach to assessment and the collaborative use of data in the classroom, this text advances a developmental model of assessment which aims to improve student outcomes through
... Read more
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain

How Technology Has Made Traditional Advertising Obsolete

by Patrick Griffin ...

So youve just come up with a new ad campaign. Love the spots! Too bad no one will ever see themeven worsetoo bad no one cares! Why is it that so much of that stuff we immediately recognize as advertising is so bad? Its not just badwellit sucks. The reason: even though its 2010, most ad agencies and the practitioners who run them are still doing things the same way as Don Draper and the guys from ... Read more

$8.99 USD

So youve just come up with a new ad campaign. Love the spots! Too bad no one will ever see themeven worsetoo bad no one cares! Why is it that so much of that stuff we immediately recognize as advertising is so bad? Its not just badwellit sucks. The reason: even though its 2010, most ad agencies and the practitioners who run them are still doing things the same way as Don Draper and the guys from
... Read more
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The Age of Atlantic Revolution

The Fall and Rise of a Connected World

by Patrick Griffin ...

Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

Unabridged

15 hours 5 min

A bold new account of the Age of Revolution, one of the most complex and vast transformations in human historyThe Age of Atlantic Revolution was a defining moment in western history. Our understanding of rights, of what makes the individual an individual, of how to define a citizen versus a subject, of what states should or should not do, of how labor, politics, and trade would be organized, of ... Read more

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A bold new account of the Age of Revolution, one of the most complex and vast transformations in human historyThe Age of Atlantic Revolution was a defining moment in western history. Our understanding of rights, of what makes the individual an individual, of how to define a citizen versus a subject, of what states should or should not do, of how labor, politics, and trade would be organized, of
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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Black Brothers, Inc.

The Violent Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Black Mafia

by Sean Patrick Griffin ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

14 hours 53 min

The Black Mafia is one of the bloodiest crime syndicates in modern US history. From its roots in Philadelphia's ghettos in the 1960's, it grew from a rabble of street toughs to a disciplined, ruthless organization based on fear and intimidation. Known in its "legitimate" guise as Black Brothers Inc, it held regular meetings, appointed investigators, treasurers and enforcers, and controlled drug ... Read more

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The Black Mafia is one of the bloodiest crime syndicates in modern US history. From its roots in Philadelphia's ghettos in the 1960's, it grew from a rabble of street toughs to a disciplined, ruthless organization based on fear and intimidation. Known in its "legitimate" guise as Black Brothers Inc, it held regular meetings, appointed investigators, treasurers and enforcers, and controlled drug
... Read more
The American Revolution at 250

Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding

by Brendan McConville, Annette Gordon-Reed, Eliga Gould, Christa Dierksheide, Professor Nicholas Guyatt, PhD, Professor Robert G. Parkinson, Professor Marlene L. Daut, Ph.D, Allison Bigelow, Peter S. Onuf, T. H. Breen, Professor Rosemarie Zagarri, PhD, John A. Ragosta, Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Professor Woody Holton, Professor Lauren Duval, Ricardo Herrera, Joanne B. Freeman, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Andrew M. Davenport, Patrick Griffin, Katherine Carté, Dr. Michael A. McDonnell, PhD, Teresa R Pollak ...

Series series The Revolutionary Age
The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birthIn these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the American Revolutionary era reflect on the meaning of 1776 to the nation in 2026, offering fresh insights and food for thought on every page. They tackle the most pressing topics that Americans debated in ... Read more

$29.99 USD

The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birthIn these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the American Revolutionary era reflect on the meaning of 1776 to the nation in 2026, offering fresh insights and food for thought on every page. They tackle the most pressing topics that Americans debated in
... Read more
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Gaming the Game

The Story Behind the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made It Happen

by Sean Patrick Griffin ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

In June 2007, the FBI informed the NBA that one of its referees, Tim Donaghy, was the subject of a probe into illegal gambling. Within months, the public knew the broad outlines of a scheme involving Donaghy betting on games he officiated with a coconspirator, longtime Donaghy acquaintance and professional gambler Jimmy "Baba" Battista. They were joined in the scandal by a mutual childhood friend, ... Read more

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In June 2007, the FBI informed the NBA that one of its referees, Tim Donaghy, was the subject of a probe into illegal gambling. Within months, the public knew the broad outlines of a scheme involving Donaghy betting on games he officiated with a coconspirator, longtime Donaghy acquaintance and professional gambler Jimmy "Baba" Battista. They were joined in the scandal by a mutual childhood friend,
... Read more
Dartmouth and the World

Religion and Political Economy circa 1769

by Henry C. Clark, Kristen Beales, Emma Griffin, J. Patrick Mullins, Steve Pincus, Ivy Schweitzer, Jack A. Goldstone, Mark Valeri ...

For the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth College, the Political Economy Project at Dartmouth assembled a stellar cast of junior and senior scholars to explore the systemic conditions facing those seeking to found a new college two hundred fifty years ago.What were the key political, economic and religious parameters operating in the Atlantic world at the time of the College’s ... Read more

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For the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth College, the Political Economy Project at Dartmouth assembled a stellar cast of junior and senior scholars to explore the systemic conditions facing those seeking to found a new college two hundred fifty years ago.What were the key political, economic and religious parameters operating in the Atlantic world at the time of the College’s
... Read more

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