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Turning the world upside down : the War of American Independence and the problem of empire /

York illustrates how Revolutionary Americans founded an empire as well as a nation, and how they saw the two as inseparable. While they had rejected Britain and denounced power politics, they would engage in realpolitik and mimic Britain as they built their empire of liberty. England had become Grea...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: York, Neil Longley
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Collection:Studies in military history and international affairs.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Imperial Competition and the Rise of British America; 2 Revolt Without Revolution; 3 Revolution Embraced, Independence Declared; 4 The War as Great Power Conflict; 5 New Nation, New Empire; Suggested Reading; Index.