Minds and Hearts
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18th-century American politics
18th-century social change in America
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American Revolution
American Revolution biography
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Coffeehouse altercations in colonial America
colonial America
colonial Massachusetts
colonial political rhetoric
colonial protest and ideology
colonial resistance leaders
cultural history of the American Revolution
dramatic works of Mercy Otis Warren
early American chroniclers
early American political agitators
early American radical thinkers
early American women writers
early feminist voices in America
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family dynamics in historical movements
female historians of the Revolution
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founding era intellectual history
gender and political expression in the 18th century
historical significance of Mercy Otis Warren
ideological roots of independence
influential revolutionary thinkers
James Otis
James Otis Jr biography
literary contributions to the Revolution
literature and the birth of the Republic
Massachusetts revolutionaries
mental health in historical figures
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren biography
no taxation without representation history
origins of American independence
patriot cause and intellectual debates
patriot families of colonial Massachusetts
patriot movement in Massachusetts
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political activism in colonial America
pre-Revolution political conflicts
Revolutionary era siblings
revolutionary pamphleteers and playwrights
Revolutionary War
revolutionary writings and plays
role of women in independence movement
U.S. constitution
women and political thought in the 18th century
women in the American Revolution
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Product details
- ISBN 9781625345752
- Weight: 388g
- Dimensions: 137 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2021
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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As a firebrand attorney and political agitator, James Otis Jr. helped to shape colonial resistance in the decades leading up to the American Revolution, establishing individual rights and 'no taxation without representation' as cornerstones of the patriot cause. After his violent coffeehouse altercation and bouts with mental illness, his younger sister, Mercy Otis Warren, took up his cause. Her incendiary plays and poems rallied colonial opinion in the lead-up to the war, and her chronicle of the period established her as America's first female historian.
Minds and Hearts is the dual biography of these remarkable siblings, placing James and Mercy in the spotlight together for the first time, amid the rush of events, competing ideologies, and changing social conditions of eighteenth-century America. Jeffrey H. Hacker crafts a compelling narrative that focuses on the Otises' unique and dramatic relationship and traces their impact on the Revolutionary movement in Massachusetts. If the real American Revolution took place 'in the minds and hearts of the people,' as John Adams claimed, then the Otises were among the nation's true patriots.
Minds and Hearts is the dual biography of these remarkable siblings, placing James and Mercy in the spotlight together for the first time, amid the rush of events, competing ideologies, and changing social conditions of eighteenth-century America. Jeffrey H. Hacker crafts a compelling narrative that focuses on the Otises' unique and dramatic relationship and traces their impact on the Revolutionary movement in Massachusetts. If the real American Revolution took place 'in the minds and hearts of the people,' as John Adams claimed, then the Otises were among the nation's true patriots.
Jeffrey H. Hacker is an independent scholar and writer based in Durham, North Carolina.
