Shay's Rebellion: The Making Of An Agrarian Insurrection

The book, Shays' Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection, is a historical account that provides an interesting perspective on the accounts of many struggling men, earning wages in the agricultural force, who were driven to form a rebellion against the government and the court system, because of a crisis of debt and credit that struck after the Revolutionary War in the years from1786 to 1787. The text as a whole provides a good analysis on the subject at hand and achieves its goal to the reader. The source would be helpful to those who already have an understanding about this period in history; however, because of the lack of a decent timeline, for those who are new to Shay’s Rebellion, the book may be hard to follow. There is good evidence provided in the text to support his ideas, and from my knowledge on the subject I agree with these ideas. Author Szatmary, takes the stance that Shay’s Rebellion was an ironic, three-stage occurrence that just so happened to be one of the crucial factors leading to the formation of the United States Constitution.
The author starts by giving background information on the beginnings of this uprising. The first chapter mostly deals with numerical values explaining what New England farmers owned and could sell their crops for during the
I would not recommend the book for an undergraduate or high-school student who has not yet learned anything about Shay’s Rebellion because the set-up can be difficult to comprehend. I also would not recommend the book to a historian because I do not believe it provides any information they don’t already know. Based on the context of his book I have a better defined understanding Shay’s Rebellion and how it correlates with the making of The