The American revolution
Bonwick, Colin, 1935-2005
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This text expands and updates the previous edition, and incorporates fresh material drawn from recent scholarship. Its structure and argument remain as before, but in particular it pays greater attention to Native Americans, African Americans, and white women. Colin Bonwick expands and updates the well-received first edition, and incorporates fresh material drawn from recent scholarship. The structure and argument of the book remain as before, but in particular Bonwick pays greater attention to Native Americans, African Americans, and white women. Though the book traces the attainment of independence, it focuses especially on the internal revolution that created republican governments, and considers the extent of social change. It concludes by examining the development of the American union.
Main title:
The American revolution / Colin Bonwick.
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Collation:
xiii, 385 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Previous ed.: 1991.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
<p>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.</p>
ISBN:
9780333999264 (pbk)
Dewey class:
973.3
LC class:
E208
Language:
English
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BRN:
167641