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An empire on the edge : how Britain came to fight America / Nick Bunker.
Written from a fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but noboby could prevent.
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- ISBN: 9780307594846
- ISBN: 030759484X
- Physical Description: x, 429 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-411) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue. The finest country in the world -- The old régime -- pt. 1. The empire of speculation. The tiger's mouth -- "This dark affair": the Gaspée incident -- A bankrupt age -- The unhappiness of Lord North -- Ignorance and bad policy -- pt. 2. The sending of the tea. The East India crisis -- Whigs, West Indians and Thomas Hutchinson -- Massachusetts on the eve -- The Boston Tea Party: prelude -- The Boston Tea Party: climax -- pt. 3. Down the slope. The cabinet in winter -- "Boston must be destroyed" -- The revolution begins -- An election in Arcadia -- The arming of America -- The fatal dispatch -- Epilogue. The noble dead. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Baker County Library | 973.3 .B942e 2014 (Text) | 37814003046597 | NON-FICTION | Available | - |
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