Dr Joshua Specht completed his PhD in History at Harvard in 2014, with work on the Environmental History of the Cattle Trade in Nineteenth-Century America. He is currently a Lecturer in History at Monash University. Etienne Stockland is researching a PhD in environmental history at Columbia University.

• Ways in to the text Who was Bernard Bailyn? What does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Say? Why does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

Dr Joshua Specht completed his PhD in History at Harvard in 2014, with work on the Environmental History of the Cattle Trade in Nineteenth-Century America. He is currently a Lecturer in History at Monash University. Etienne Stockland is researching a PhD in environmental history at Columbia University.

• Ways in to the text Who was Bernard Bailyn? What does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Say? Why does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

Dr Joshua Specht completed his PhD in History at Harvard in 2014, with work on the Environmental History of the Cattle Trade in Nineteenth-Century America. He is currently a Lecturer in History at Monash University. Etienne Stockland is researching a PhD in environmental history at Columbia University.

• Ways in to the text Who was Bernard Bailyn? What does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Say? Why does The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited