The Resource The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783, Joseph J. Ellis
The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783, Joseph J. Ellis
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The item The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783, Joseph J. Ellis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 375 pages
- Contents
-
- Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776
- The Rubicon
- Prudence dictates
- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780
- The escape
- The few
- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783
- The protraction
- The Chesapeake
- The exit
- Isbn
- 9781631498985
- Label
- The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
- Title
- The cause
- Title remainder
- the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph J. Ellis
- Title variation
- American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
- Subject
-
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Politics and government
- To 1799
- United States
- America
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- War -- Causes
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- British colonies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ellis, Joseph J
- Dewey number
- 973.3
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E210
- LC item number
- .E45 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- Great Britain
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / General
- British colonies
- Politics and government
- War
- America
- United States
- Label
- The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783, Joseph J. Ellis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776 -- The Rubicon -- Prudence dictates -- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780 -- The escape -- The few -- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783 -- The protraction -- The Chesapeake -- The exit
- Control code
- on1233266234
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631498985
- Lccn
- 2021028335
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1233266234
- Label
- The cause : the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783, Joseph J. Ellis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776 -- The Rubicon -- Prudence dictates -- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780 -- The escape -- The few -- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783 -- The protraction -- The Chesapeake -- The exit
- Control code
- on1233266234
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 375 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631498985
- Lccn
- 2021028335
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1233266234
Subject
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- History
- Politics and government
- To 1799
- United States
- America
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- War -- Causes
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- British colonies
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