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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Egnal, Marc. Mighty empire. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1988 (DLC) 87019059 (OCoLC)16278083 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marc Egnal |
ISBN: | 9781501723865 1501723863 |
OCLC Number: | 610575758 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 381 pages) : maps |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Preface 2010Preface to the First EditionIntroductionPART ONE THE FACTIONS EMERGE, 1690-17621. Massachusetts to 1741: Three Parties Were Formed2. Massachusetts, 1741-1762: Coalition Politics3. New York: Traders and Warriors4. Pennsylvania: Quaker Party Ascendancy5. Virginia: Rise of the Northern Neckers6. South Carolina: Factions Times TwoPART TWO REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS, 1763-17707. The Depression of the 1760s8. Massachusetts: Patriot Alliance9. New York: Reluctant Revolutionaries10. Pennsylvania: Challenging the Quaker Party11. Virginia: Conflict and Cooperation12. South Carolina: Triumphant PatriotsPART THREE THE QUIET YEARS, 1771-177313. The Quiet YearsPART FOUR THE EXPANSIONISTS PREVAIL, 1774-177614. Northern Colonies: Antagonists High and Low15. Southern Colonies: Maintaining Control16. Beyond IndependenceAppendix. Members of the FactionsIndex |
Responsibility: | Marc Egnal. |
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"A challenging new interpretation, well written and solidly supported." * Library Journal * "This book first appeared in 1988 with a forthright argument about the intersections between political economy and the American Revolution... [and] remains a vital voice amid the cacophonous babble of interpretative approaches to the Revolutionary era.... A Mighty Empire remains a provocative thesis, and it may yet prove to be the building block of a fruitful body of scholarship on the American Revolution. Interested scholars should be grateful to the press for reissuing the book." -- Benjamin L. Carp * The Historian * Read more...
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