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West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776

Claudio Saunt

Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryOpen Library: Discovery and exploration -> ScienceOpen Library: America, discovery and exploration -> ScienceAmerican Civil WarConstitutional History

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • San Francisco75%
    • Aleutian Islands75%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.