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The glorious cause : the American Revolution, 1763-1789 Cover Image Book

The glorious cause : the American Revolution, 1763-1789 / Robert Middlekauff.

Middlekauff, Robert. (Author).

Summary:

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Includes a new epilogue and an updated bibliography.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780195315882
  • ISBN: 019531588X
  • ISBN: 0195162471
  • ISBN: 9780195162479
  • Physical Description: xiv, 736 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: revised and expanded edition
  • Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previous ed. published as v. 2 in series: The Oxford history of the United States.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: The sustaining truths. -- The obstructed giant. -- The children of the twice-born. -- Beginnings: from the top down. -- The Stamp Act crisis. -- Response. -- Selden's penny. -- Chance and Charles Townshend. -- Boston takes the lead. -- The "bastards of England". -- Drift. -- Resolution. -- War. -- "Half a war". -- Independence. -- The war of posts. -- The war of maneuver. -- The Revolution becomes a European War. -- The war in the South. -- The "fugitive war". -- Inside the campaigns. -- Outside the campaigns. -- Yorktown and Paris. -- The Constitutional movement. -- The children of the twice-born in the 1780s. -- The Constitutional Convention. -- Ratification: an end and a beginning. -- Epilogue.
Target Audience Note:
1340L Lexile

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