A struggle for power: the American revolution

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A revisionist history of the American Revolution examines the origins and evolution of the conflict, arguing that the constraints of colonialism led to a fundamental struggle for power and discussing the logic of dissolution and the effects of commerce on the revolt.

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Full title :A struggle for power : the American revolution / Theodore Draper.

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Publication Date:1997, ©1996.
Edition:1st Vintage books ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Vintage Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997, ©1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 544 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0679776427, 9780679776420
oclc:ocm36797134
LC Classification:E210
Dewey Decimal:973.3

Preface -- "An accession of power" -- "Speculative reasoners" -- "He is a patriot" -- "Fashionable reading" -- "What subordination? What obedience?" -- "This million doubling" -- "A sort of independency" -- "Combustible material" -- "The winners, and the losers" -- "Our British privileges" -- "Patchwork government" -- "The very foundation of this kingdom is sinking" -- "We are therefore--SLAVES" -- "Flattering whispers of independency" -- "Blood in the streets" -- "If this be not a tyranny" -- "The dye is now cast" -- "To raise a flame" -- "The Rubicon passed" -- "A degree of importance".

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