| Authors: |
Phillips, Kevin P.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776.
Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) -- Capture, 1775.
Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775.
Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775.
United States.Continental Congress.
Paine, Thomas,1737-1809Common Sense.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Viking, 2012. |
| Description: |
xxvi, 628 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780670025121 0670025127 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary: |
"Iconoclastic historian and bestselling author Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the watershed year of the American Revolution. He suggests that the great events and confrontations of 1775--Congress's belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New England's 'rage militaire', the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors up and down the seaboard, and the new provincial congresses and hundreds of local committees that quickly reconstituted local authority in Patriot hands---achieved a sweeping Patriot control of territory and local government that Britain was never able to overcome."--Publisher's description. |