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Posted on October 16, 2017
Historian (and Newberry Fellow) Woody Holton has a novel way of looking at the American Revolution: it was the British—not the Americans—who were the underdogs on the battlefield. In this episode, Woody argues his case. And, while he’s at it, he discusses how race, class, and gender factored into the war and its aftermath.
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