The Oxford handbook of the American Revolution
2013
973.3 O98 2013
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Title
The Oxford handbook of the American Revolution
Variant Title
Handbook of the American Revolution
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description
xxii, 673 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number
973.3 O98 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)783520927
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction: American Revolutions / Edward G. Gray and Jane Kamensky. -- Pt. I. Cultures and Crises. Britain's American Problem: The International Perspective / P. J. Marshall ; The Unsettled Periphery: The Backcountry on the Eve of the American Revolution / William B. Hart ; The Polite and the Plebian / Michael Zuckerman ; Political Protest and the World of Goods / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ; The Imperial Crisis / Craig B. Yirush ; The Struggle Within: Colonial Politics on the Eve of Independence / Michael A. McDonnell ; The Democratic Moment: The Revolution and Popular Politics / Ray Raphael ; Independence before and during the Revolution / Benjamin H. Irvin. -- Pt. II. War. The Continental Army / Caroline Cox ; The British Army and the War of Independence / Stephen Conway ; The War in the Cities / Mark A. Peterson ; The War in the Countryside / Allan Kulikoff ; Native Peoples in the Revolutionary War / Jane T. Merritt ; The African Americans' Revolution / Gary B. Nash ; Women in the American Revolutionary War / Sarah M. S. Pearsall ; Loyalism / Edward Larkin ; The Revolutionary War and Europe's Great Powers / Paul W. Mapp ; Funding the Revolution: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Eighteenth-Century America / Stephen Mihm. -- Pt. III. A Revolutionary Settlement. The Impact of the War on British Politics / Harry T. Dickinson ; The Trials of the Confederation / Terry Bouton ; A More Perfect Union: The Framing and Ratification of the Constitution / Max M. Edling ; The Evangelical Ascendancy in Revolutionary America / Susan Juster ; The Problems of Slavery / Christopher Leslie Brown ; Rights / Eric Slauter ; The Empire That Britain Kept / Eliga H. Gould. -- Pt. IV. New Orders. The American Revolution and a New National Politics / Rosemarie Zagarri ; Republican Art and Architecture / Martha J. McNamara ; Print Culture after the Revolution / Catherine O'Donnell ; Republican Law / Christopher L. Tomlins ; Discipline, Sex, and the Republican Self / Clare A. Lyons ; The Laboring Republic / Graham Russell Gao Hodges ; The Republic in the World, 1783-1803 / J. M. Opal ; America's Cultural Revolution in Transnational Perspective / Leora Auslander.
L2013M88
In 33 essays written by authorities on the period, the Handbook brings to life the diverse multitudes of colonial North America and their struggles before, during, and after 8 year long civil war that secured the independence of 13 rebel colonies from their erstwhile colonial parent. The chapters explore battles and diplomacy, economics and finance, law and culture, politics and society, gender, race, and religion. Its diverse cast of characters includes ordinary farmers and artisans, free and enslaved African Americans, Indians, and British and American statesmen and military leaders. In addition to expanding the Revolution's who, the Handbook broadens its where, portraying an event that far transcended the boundaries of what was to become the United States--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction: American Revolutions / Edward G. Gray and Jane Kamensky. -- Pt. I. Cultures and Crises. Britain's American Problem: The International Perspective / P. J. Marshall ; The Unsettled Periphery: The Backcountry on the Eve of the American Revolution / William B. Hart ; The Polite and the Plebian / Michael Zuckerman ; Political Protest and the World of Goods / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ; The Imperial Crisis / Craig B. Yirush ; The Struggle Within: Colonial Politics on the Eve of Independence / Michael A. McDonnell ; The Democratic Moment: The Revolution and Popular Politics / Ray Raphael ; Independence before and during the Revolution / Benjamin H. Irvin. -- Pt. II. War. The Continental Army / Caroline Cox ; The British Army and the War of Independence / Stephen Conway ; The War in the Cities / Mark A. Peterson ; The War in the Countryside / Allan Kulikoff ; Native Peoples in the Revolutionary War / Jane T. Merritt ; The African Americans' Revolution / Gary B. Nash ; Women in the American Revolutionary War / Sarah M. S. Pearsall ; Loyalism / Edward Larkin ; The Revolutionary War and Europe's Great Powers / Paul W. Mapp ; Funding the Revolution: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Eighteenth-Century America / Stephen Mihm. -- Pt. III. A Revolutionary Settlement. The Impact of the War on British Politics / Harry T. Dickinson ; The Trials of the Confederation / Terry Bouton ; A More Perfect Union: The Framing and Ratification of the Constitution / Max M. Edling ; The Evangelical Ascendancy in Revolutionary America / Susan Juster ; The Problems of Slavery / Christopher Leslie Brown ; Rights / Eric Slauter ; The Empire That Britain Kept / Eliga H. Gould. -- Pt. IV. New Orders. The American Revolution and a New National Politics / Rosemarie Zagarri ; Republican Art and Architecture / Martha J. McNamara ; Print Culture after the Revolution / Catherine O'Donnell ; Republican Law / Christopher L. Tomlins ; Discipline, Sex, and the Republican Self / Clare A. Lyons ; The Laboring Republic / Graham Russell Gao Hodges ; The Republic in the World, 1783-1803 / J. M. Opal ; America's Cultural Revolution in Transnational Perspective / Leora Auslander.
L2013M88
In 33 essays written by authorities on the period, the Handbook brings to life the diverse multitudes of colonial North America and their struggles before, during, and after 8 year long civil war that secured the independence of 13 rebel colonies from their erstwhile colonial parent. The chapters explore battles and diplomacy, economics and finance, law and culture, politics and society, gender, race, and religion. Its diverse cast of characters includes ordinary farmers and artisans, free and enslaved African Americans, Indians, and British and American statesmen and military leaders. In addition to expanding the Revolution's who, the Handbook broadens its where, portraying an event that far transcended the boundaries of what was to become the United States--Jacket.
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