The glorious cause : the American Revolution, 1763-1789

The glorious cause The American Revolution, 1763-1789

Robert Middlekauff

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Subjects
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > History > Confederation, 1783-1789.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press 2005.
Language
English
Main Author
Robert Middlekauff (-)
Edition
2nd ed., Rev. and expanded ed
Item Description
"Previous ed. published as v. 2 in series: The Oxford history of the United States"--T.p. verso.
"The classic history of the Revolutionary era -- newly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers"--Cover.
Physical Description
xiv, 736 p., [8] p. of plates, : ill., map
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780195162479
  • Preface
  • Editor's Introduction
  • Prologue The Sustaining Truths
  • 1. The Obstructed Giant
  • 2. The Children of the Twice-Born
  • 3. Beginnings from the Top Down
  • 4. The Stamp Act Crisis
  • 5. Response
  • 6. Selden's Penny
  • 7. Chance and Charles Townshend
  • 8. Boston Takes the Lead
  • 9. The """"Bastards of England""""
  • 10. Drift
  • 11. Resolution
  • 12. War
  • 13. """"Half a War""""
  • 14. Independence
  • 15. The War of Posts
  • 16. The War of Maneuver
  • 17. The Revolution Becomes a European War
  • 18. The War in the South
  • 19. The """"Fugitive War""""
  • 20. Inside the Campaigns
  • 21. Outside the Campaigns
  • 22. Yorktown and Paris
  • 23. The Constitutional Movement
  • 24. The Children of the Twice-Born in the 1780s
  • 25. The Constitutional Convention
  • 26. Ratification: an End and a Beginning
  • Epilogue: The Enduring Truths
  • Abbreviated Titles
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index
Review by Library Journal Review

This series opener is a major revision and expansion of a popular history of the American Revolutionary period originally written in 1982. In addition to revising and updating the text, Middlekauff (history, emeritus, Berkeley) has added new material on the causes of the war, anti-British protests before the war, military medicine, the ratification of the Constitution, and the contributions of women, slaves, and Native Americans. The book concludes with a new epilog and an updated bibliography of sources. One strength of this edition is Middlekauff's effort to incorporate more of the social history of the period, including stories of ordinary people and how the war impacted their lives. This is narrative history at its best, written in a conversational and engaging style. Recommended for libraries needing a single-volume, up-to-date history of the Revolutionary period.-Robert Flatley, Kutztown Univ., PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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