Conceived in Crisis The Revolutionary Creation of an American State |
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| Author:
| Pearl, Christopher R. |
| Series title: | Early American Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-4454-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.50USD $49.50 |
Book Description:
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Argues that the American Revolution was not just the product of the Imperial Crisis, brought on by Parliament's attempt to impose a new idea of empire on the American colonies. To an equal or greater degree, it was a response to the inability of individual colonial governments to deliver basic services, which undermined their legitimacy.
Argues that the American Revolution was not just the product of the Imperial Crisis, brought on by Parliament's attempt to impose a new idea of empire on the American colonies. To an equal or greater degree, it was a response to the inability of individual colonial governments to deliver basic services, which undermined their legitimacy.