| Description |
xvi, 696 pages, [8] leaves of plates : portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the United States ; v. 2 |
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Oxford history of the United States ; v. 2.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 669-674. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Sustaining truth -- 1 The Obstructed giant -- 2 The Children of the twice-born -- 3 Beginnings: from the top down -- 4 The Stamp Act crisis -- 5 Response -- 6 Selden's penny -- 7 Chance and Charles Townsend -- 8 Boston takes the lead -- 9 The "Bastards of England" -- 10 Drift -- 11 Resolution -- 12 War -- 13 "Half a war" -- 14 Independence -- 15 The War of Posts -- 16 The War of Maneuver -- 17 The Revolution -- 18 The War in the SOuth -- 19 The "Fugitive War" -- 20 Inside the campaigns -- 21 Outside the campaigns -- 22 Yorktown -- 23 The Constitutional movement -- 24 The Children of the twice-born in the 1780s -- 25 The Constitutional Convention -- 26 Ratification: an end and a beginning -- Epilogue: The Enduring truth. |
| Local Note |
Mqy 1994 $39.95 [25.00] 054701048 |
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Mqy 1994 $39.95 [25.00] 054701048 |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789.
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| ISBN |
0195029216: $25.00 |
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