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A Companion to the American Revolution / Edition 1
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- 09/11/2003
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- Wiley
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Overview
- Contains 90 articles in all, including guides to further reading and a detailed chronological table.
- Explains all aspects of the revolution before, during, and after the war.
- Discusses the status and experiences of women, Native Americans, and African Americans, and aspects of social and daily life during this period.
- Describes the effects of the revolution abroad.
- Provides complete coverage of military history, including the home front.
- Concludes with a section on concepts to put the morality of early America in today’s context.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781405116749 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 09/11/2003 |
Series: | Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History |
Pages: | 800 |
Product dimensions: | 6.75(w) x 9.72(h) x 1.64(d) |
About the Author
J. R. Pole is Rhodes Professor Emeritus of American History and Institutions, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic (1966), The Pursuit of Equality in American History (1978, second edition 1993), Paths to the American Past (1979), The Gift of Government: Political Responsibility from the English Restoration to American Independence (1983), and The American Constitution: For and Against (ed., 1987).
Table of Contents
List of maps and map acknowledgements xList of contributors xi
Introduction xiii
PART I: CONTEXT 1
01 The structure of British politics in the mid-eighteenth century 3W. A. Speck
02 Metropolitan administration of the colonies, 1696–1775 8Ian K. Steele
03 Intra-imperial communications, 1689–1775 14Richard R. Johnson
04 The changing socio-economic and strategic importance of the colonies to the empire 19Alison G. Olson
05 The political development of the colonies after the Glorious Revolution 29Alan Tully
06 Population and family in early America 39Robert V. Wells
07 Socio-economic development of the colonies 51Edwin J. Perkins
08 Religion before the Revolution 60Edwin S. Gaustad
09 The cultural development of the colonies 65Michal J. Rozbicki
10 The emergence of civic culture in the colonies to about 1770 82David Shields
11 Ideological background 88Isaac Kramnick
12 The Amerindian population in 1763 94Eric Hinderaker
PART II: THEMES AND EVENTS, TO 1776 99
13 The origins of the new colonial policy, 1748–1763 101Jack P. Greene
14 The Seven Years’ War and its political legacy 112Thomas L. Purvis
15 The Grenville program, 1763–1765 118Peter D. G. Thomas
16 The Stamp Act crisis and its repercussions, including the Quartering Act controversy 123Peter D. G. Thomas
17 The Townshend Acts crisis, 1767–1770 134Robert J. Chaffin
18 The British Army in America, before 1775 151Douglas Edward Leach
19 The West and the Amerindians, 1756–1776 157Peter Marshall
20 Trade legislation and its enforcement, 1748–1776 165R. C. Simmons
21 Ongoing disputes over the prerogative, 1763–1776 173Jack P. Greene
22 Bishops and other ecclesiastical issues, to 1776 179Frederick V. Mills, Sr.
23 Social protest and the revolutionary movement, 1765–1776 184Edward Countryman
24 The tea crisis and its consequences, through 1775 195David L. Ammerman
25 The crisis of Independence 206David L. Ammerman
26 Development of a revolutionary organization, 1765–1775 216David W. Conroy
27 Political mobilization, 1765–1776 222Rebecca Starr
28 Identity and Independence 230Jack P. Greene
29 Loyalism and neutrality 235Robert M. Calhoon
30 Opposition in Britain 248Colin Bonwick
31 Common Sense 254Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
32 The Declaration of Independence 258Ronald Hamowy
PART III: THEMES AND EVENTS, FROM 1776 263
33 Bills of rights and the first ten amendments to the Constitution 265Robert A. Rutland
34 State constitution-making, through 1781 269Donald S. Lutz
35 The Articles of Confederation, 1775–1783 281Jack N. Rakove
36 The War for Independence, to Saratoga 287Don Higginbotham
37 The War for Independence, after Saratoga 298Don Higginbotham
38 The Continental Army 308Holly A. Mayer
39 Militia, guerrilla warfare, tactics, and weaponry 314Mark V. Kwasny
40 Naval operations during the War for Independence 320Clark G. Reynolds
41 The First United States Navy 326James C. Bradford
42 The home front during the War for Independence: the effect of labor shortages on commercial production in the Mid-Atlantic 332Michael V. Kennedy
43 Resistance to the American Revolution 342Michael A. McDonnell
44 Diplomacy of the Revolution, to 1783 352Jonathan R. Dull
45 Confederation: state governments and their problems 362Edward Countryman
46 The West: territory, states, and confederation 374Peter S. Onuf
47 Demobilization and national defense 383E. Wayne Carp
48 Currency, taxation, and finance, 1775–1787 388Robert A. Becker
49 Foreign relations, after 1783 398Jonathan R. Dull
50 Slavery and anti-slavery 402Sylvia R. Frey
51 Amerindians and the new republic 413James H. Merrell
52 The impact of the Revolution on the role, status, and experience of women 419Betty Wood
53 The impact of the Revolution on education 427Melvin Yazawa
54 The impact of the Revolution on social problems: poverty, insanity, and crime 435Melvin Yazawa
55 The impact of the Revolution on church and state 444Robert M. Calhoon
56 Law: continuity and reform 452J. R. Pole
57 Confederation: movement for a stronger union 458Mark D. Kaplanoff
58 The Federal Convention and the Constitution 470Mark D. Kaplanoff
59 The debate over ratification of the Constitution 482Murray Dry
PART IV: EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION 495
60 Great Britain in the aftermath of the American Revolution 497Ian R. Christie
61 The American Revolution in Canada 503Elizabeth Mancke
62 The American Revolution and Ireland 511Maurice J. Bric
63 The American Revolution and the sugar colonies, 1775–1783 515Selwyn H. H. Carrington
64 The effects of the American Revolution on France and its empire 523David P. Geggus
65 The impact of the American Revolution on Spain and Portugal and their empires 531Kenneth Maxwell
66 The influence of the American Revolution in the Netherlands 545Jan Willem Schulte Nordholt and Wim Klooster
67 The influence of the American Revolution in Germany 550Horst Dippel
68 The influence of the American Revolution in Russia 554Hans Rogger
PART V: INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE REVOLUTION 557
69 The economic and demographic consequences of the American Revolution 559Mary M. Schweitzer
70 The religious consequences of the Revolution 579Robert M. Calhoon
71 The cultural effects of the Revolution 586Norman S. Grabo
72 The effects of the Revolution on language 595John Algeo
73 Medicine before and after the Revolution 600Mary E. Fissell
74 The construction of gender in a republican world 605Ruth H. Bloch
75 The construction of race in republican America 610James Sidbury
76 The construction of social status in revolutionary America 617Christine Daniels
PART VI: CONCEPTS 625
77 Liberty 627Elise Marienstras
78 Equality 633J. R. Pole
79 Property 638Alan Freeman and Elizabeth Mensch
80 The rule of law 645John P. Reid
81 Consent 650Donald S. Lutz
82 Happiness 655Jan Lewis
83 Suffrage and representation 661Rosemarie Zagarri
84 Republicanism 668Robert E. Shalhope
85 Sovereignty 674Peter S. Onuf
86 Nationality and citizenship 680Elise Marienstras
87 The separation of powers 686Maurice J. C. Vile
88 Rights 691Michael Zuckert
89 Virtue 696James T. Kloppenberg
90 Interests 701Cathy Matson
Chronology 707compiled by Steven J. Sarson
Index 745
What People are Saying About This
"Professors Greene and Pole have succeeded in gathering a star-studded cast of scholars to interpret and analyze the American Revolution. General readers as well as teachers will find this volume of inestimable value." Joyce Appleby, University of California at Los Angeles
"This immensely helpful guide will be useful for seasoned students of the revolution as well as beginners. Brief bibliographies give quick access to the best current work; the essays provide relevant factual material; and the reader gets the informed judgment of an expert." Richard Lyman Bushman, Columbia University
"The cumulative effect of the contributions is to leave the reader with no doubt of the importance of the American Revolution, not just to the history of the United States and North America, but to the whole Atlantic world and beyond." History