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An empire on the edge : how Britain came to fight America / Nick Bunker.

Summary:

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.

Record details

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.