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Subject(s)

• United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783 [Browse]

Related name

• Wiley InterScience (Online service) [Browse]
• Greene, Jack P. [Browse]
• Pole, J. R. (Jack Richon) [Browse]

Series

• Blackwell companions to American history ; 1. [More in this series]
• Blackwell companions to American history ; [1] [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version record.

Contents

• PART 1. Context 1. The structure of British politics in the mid-eighteenth-century / W.A. Speck
• 2. Metropolitan administration of the colonies, 1696-1775 / Ian K. Steele
• 3. Intra-imperial communications, 1689-1775 / Richard R. Johnson
• 4. The changing socio-economic and strategic importance of the colonies to the empire / Alison G. Olson
• 5. The political development of the colonies after the Glorious Revolution / Alan Tully
• 6. Population and family in early America / Robert V. Wells
• 7. Socio-economic development of the colonies / Edwin J. Perkins
• 8. Religion before the Revolution / Edwin S. Gaustad
• 9. The cultural development of the colonies / Michal J. Rozbicki
• 10. The emergence of civic culture in the colonies to about 1770 / David Shields
• 11. Ideological background / Isaac Kramnick
• 12. The American population in 1763 / Eric Hinderaker.
• 48. Currency, taxation, and finance, 1775-1787 / Robert A. Becker
• 49. Foreign relations, after 1783 / Jonathan R. Dull
• 50. Slavery and anti-slavery / Sylvia R. Frey
• 51. Amerindians and the new republic / James H. Merrell
• 52. The impact of the Revolution on the role, status, and experience of women / Betty Wood
• 53. The impact of the Revolution on education / Melvin Yazawa
• 54. The impact of the Revolution on social problems : poverty, insanity, and crime / Melvin Yazawa
• 55. The impact of the Revolution on church and state / Robert M. Calhoon
• 56. Law : continuity and reform / J.R. Pole
• 57. Confederation : movement for a stronger union / Mark D. Kaplanoff
• 58. The Federal Convention and the Constitution / Mark D. Kaplanoff
• 59. The debate over ratification of the Constitution / Murray Dry.
• PART 2. Themes and events, to 1776 13. The origins of the new colonial policy, 1748-1763 / Jack P. Greene
• 14. The Seven Years' War and its political legacy / Thomas L. Purvis
• 15. The Grenville program, 1763-1765 / Peter D.G. Thomas
• 16. The Stamp Act crisis and its repercussions, including the Quartering Act controversy / Peter D.G. Thomas
• 17. The Townshend Acts crisis, 1767-1770 / Robert J. Chaffin
• 18. The British Army in America, before 1775 / Douglas Edward Leach
• 19. The West and the Amerindians, 1756-1776 / Peter Marshall
• 20. Trade legislation and its enforcement, 1748-1776 / R.C. Simmons
• 21. Ongoing disputes over the prerogative, 1763-1776 / Jacj P. Greene
• 22. Bishops and other ecclesiastical issues, to 1776 / Frederick V. Mills, Sr.
• 23. Social protest and the revolutionary movement, 1765-1776 / Edward Countryman
• 24. The tea crisis and its consequences, through 1775 / David L. Ammerman
• 25. The crisis of Independence / David L. Ammerman
• 26. Development of a revolutionary organization, 1765-1775 / David W. Conroy
• 27. Political mobilization, 1765-1776 / Rebecca Starr
• 28. Identity and Independence / Jack P. Greene
• 29. Loyalism and neutrality / Robert M. Calhoon
• 30. Opposition in Britain / Colin Bonwick
• 31. Common sense / Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
• 32. The Declaration of Independence / Ronald Hamowy.
• PART 3. Themes and events, from 1776 33. Bills of rights and the first ten amendments to the Constitution / Robert A. Rutland
• 34. State constitution-making, through 1781 / Donald S. Lutz
• 35. The Articles of Confederation, 1775-1783 / Jack N. Rakove
• 36. The War for Independence, to Saratoga / Don Higginbotham
• 37. The War for Independence, after Saratoga / Don Higginbotham
• 38. The Continental Army / Holly A. Mayer
• 39. Militia, guerrilla warfare, tactics, and weaponry / Mark V. Kwasny
• 40. Naval operations during the War for Independence / Clark G. Reynolds
• 41. The First United States Navy / James C. Bradford
• 42. The home front during the War for Independence : the effect of labor shortages on commercial production in the Mid-Atlantic / Michael V. Kennedy
• 43. Resistance to the American Revolution / Michael A. McDonnell
• 44. Diplomacy of the Revolution, to 1783 / Jonathan R. Dull
• 45. Confederation : state governments and their problems / Edward Countryman
• 46. The West : territory, states, and confederation / Peter S. Onuf
• 47. Demobilization and national defense / E. Wayne Carp.
• PART 4. External effects of the Revolution 60. Great Britain in the aftermath of the American Revolution / Ian R. Christie
• 61. The American Revolution in Canada / Elizabeth Mancke
• 62. The American Revolution and Ireland / Maurice J. Bric
• 63. The American Revolution and the sugar colonies, 1775-1783 / Selwyn H.H. Carrington
• 64. The effects of the American Revolution on France and its empire / David P. Geggus
• 65. The impact of the American Revolution on Spain and Portugal and their empires / Kenneth Maxwell
• 66. The influence of the American Revolution in the Netherlands / Jan Willem Schultz Nordbolt / Wim Klooster
• 67. The influence of the American Revolution in Germany / Horst Dippel
• 68. The influence of the American Revolution in Russia / Hans Rogger.
• PART 5. Internal developments after the Revolution 69. The economic and demographic consequences of the American Revolution / Mary M. Schweitzer
• 70. The religious consequences of the Revolution / Robert M. Calhoon
• 71. The cultural effects of the Revolution / Norman S. Grabo
• 72. The effects of the Revolution on language / John Algeo
• 73. Medicine before and after the Revolution / Mary E. Fissell
• 74. The construction of gender in a republican world / Ruth H. Bloch
• 75. The construction of race in republican America / James Sidbury
• 76. The construction of social status in revolutionary America / Christine Daniels.
• PART 6. Concepts 77. Liberty / Elise Marienstras
• 78. Equality / J.R. Pole
• 79. Property / Allan Freeman / Elizabeth Mensch
• 80. The rule of law / John P. Reid
• 81. Consent / Donald S. Lutz
• 82. Happiness / Jan Lewis
• 83. Suffrage and representation / Rosemarie Zagarri
• 84. Republicanism / Robert E. Shalhope
• 85. Sovereignty / Peter S. Onuf
• 86. Nationality and citizenship / Elise Marienstras
• 87. The separation of powers / Maurice J.C. Vile
• 88. Rights / Michael Zuckert
• 89. Virtue / James T. Kloppenberg
• 90. Interests / Cathy Matson
• Chronology / compiled by Steven J. Sarson.

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ISBN

• 9780470756454
• 0470756454
• 9780470756447 ((electronic bk.))
• 0470756446 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781405116749
• 1405116749
• 9781405165730
• 1405165731

OCLC

212126099

Doi

10.1002/9780470756454

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