The American Revolution
Nationhood Achieved, 1763-88
Published on 22. February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-312-07162-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is an overview of the entire Revolutionary War period in American history from the inception of the revolutionary movement to the conclusion of peace. The book synthesizes scholarship on the period from 1763 to 1788, discussing military, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history in relation to this important era in American history. The impact of the Revolution on American life, the confederation, and the formation of the union under the Constitution reveal the defining moments in early American character and institutions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
maps, photographs, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-07162-2 (9780312071622)
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Colin Bonwick
The American Revolution
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09/2005
2nd Edition
Red Globe Press
€114.48
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Content
Preface - List of Maps - PART 1: THE GATHERING STORM - The American Colonies in 1763 - The View from England - Revolt against Parliamentary Authority - From Resistance to Revolution - Irrevocable Separation - Independence - PART 2: THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1776-1783 - The Washington-Howe Campaigns - From Victory to Stalemate in the North - The War Turns Southward - Collapse of the British Southern Invasion - Securing the Frontier - The International Conflict - PART 3: THE UNDERSIDE OF THE REVOLUTION - The Home Front - The Common Soldier - The Noncombatants - Behind Enemy Lines - The Loyalists - PART 4: THE NEW NATION - Sovereign Republics - The Confederation - Impulse for Social Change - Republican Culture - A More Perfect Union - Constitutional Debate in the Press - Triumph of the Federalists - Bibliography - Index