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The American Revolution / Edition 1

The American Revolution / Edition 1

The American Revolution / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
0813913470
ISBN-13:
9780813913476
Pub. Date:
09/29/1991
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10:
0813913470
ISBN-13:
9780813913476
Pub. Date:
09/29/1991
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press
The American Revolution / Edition 1

The American Revolution / Edition 1

Overview

This book traces the development of the United States from the 1760s to the consolidation of the federal government during the 1790s. The author argues that the creation of the American republic was a major revolution; by the time it was complete the United States was radically different from Britain and the colonies out which it had emerged. Extensive coverage is given to the establishment of governments, first in the states then at the national level, and to social development in the states. It is argued that many of of the most significant changes took place at this level.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813913476
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication date: 09/29/1991
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Colin Bonwick was born in London and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the University of Maryland. He has been Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at the University of Keele since 1964. He is the author of English Radicals and the American Revolution which was a finalist in the Jamestown Prize competition in 1976.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Land, Peoples and the Economy
Social, Political and Intellectual Patterns
The Coming of the Revolution
Achieving Independence
Framing New Governments
Politics in the States
Problems of Independence
The Philadelphia Convention
The Revolution Completed
Tables
Documents
Notes
Further Reading
Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Colin Bonwick has managed to improve an already fine book, and I canrecommend the volume without hesitation for undergraduates studying this period.' - Tom Bartlett, University College Dublin'

An excellent survey of the American Revolution, striking a good balance between social, economic, and political analysis.' - Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire

Praise for the first edition:It may be the best - certainly it is one of the best - single-volume accounts ever produced about the Revolution....anyone looking for a single volume on the American Revolution to recommend to a class or friend would be well advised to consider this learned synthesis.' - Bruce C. Daniels, Journal of American History

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