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Conceived in crisis : the revolutionary creation of an American state /

"This book argues that the American Revolution was a response to the inability of individual colonial governments to deliver basic services, thus undermining their legitimacy, as much as the product of the imperial crisis brought on by Parliament's attempt to impose a new idea of empire on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pearl, Christopher R., 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Colección:Early American histories
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgmen
  • Introduction
  • 1. "Perfect Strangers"
  • 2. "For Want of Power"
  • 3. The "Stupendous Machine"
  • 4. "When the Thunder of the Law Sleeps"
  • 5. "Usurping Powers"
  • 6. "For the Security and Protection of the Community"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Recent books in the series