{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-american-revolution-hardback-9780631210580","title":"A Companion to the American Revolution (Hardback) 9780631210580","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the American Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack P. Greene (Edited by), JP Greene (Author), J. R. Pole (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631210580, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e796 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.3 x 4.5 cm, 1.479 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eJoyce Appleby, University of California at Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eRichard Lyman Bushman, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a single guide to the themes, events, and concepts of this major turning point in early American history. Containing coverage before, during, and after the war, as well as the effect of the revolution on a global scale, this major reference to the period is ideal for any student, scholar, or general reader seeking a complete reference to the field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 90 articles in all, including guides to further reading and a detailed chronological table.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains all aspects of the revolution before, during, and after the war.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the status and experiences of women, Native Americans, and African Americans, and aspects of social and daily life during this period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the effects of the revolution abroad.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides complete coverage of military history, including the home front.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes with a section on concepts to put the morality of early America in today’s context.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of maps and map acknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: CONTEXT 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e01 The structure of British politics in the mid-eighteenth century 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. A. Speck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e02 Metropolitan administration of the colonies, 1696–1775 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan K. Steele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e03 Intra-imperial communications, 1689–1775 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard R. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e04 The changing socio-economic and strategic importance of the colonies to the empire 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlison G. Olson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e05 The political development of the colonies after the Glorious Revolution 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Tully\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e06 Population and family in early America 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert V. Wells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e07 Socio-economic development of the colonies 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwin J. Perkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e08 Religion before the Revolution 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwin S. Gaustad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e09 The cultural development of the colonies 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichal J. Rozbicki\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The emergence of civic culture in the colonies to about 1770 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Shields\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ideological background 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Amerindian population in 1763 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Hinderaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: THEMES AND EVENTS, TO 1776 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The origins of the new colonial policy, 1748–1763 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack P. Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Seven Years’ War and its political legacy 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas L. Purvis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Grenville program, 1763–1765 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter D. G. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Stamp Act crisis and its repercussions, including the Quartering Act controversy 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter D. G. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Townshend Acts crisis, 1767–1770 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Chaffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The British Army in America, before 1775 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Edward Leach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The West and the Amerindians, 1756–1776 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Trade legislation and its enforcement, 1748–1776 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. C. Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ongoing disputes over the prerogative, 1763–1776 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack P. Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Bishops and other ecclesiastical issues, to 1776 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick V. Mills, Sr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Social protest and the revolutionary movement, 1765–1776 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Countryman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The tea crisis and its consequences, through 1775 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. Ammerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The crisis of Independence 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. Ammerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Development of a revolutionary organization, 1765–1775 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid W. Conroy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Political mobilization, 1765–1776 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Starr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Identity and Independence 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack P. Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Loyalism and neutrality 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Calhoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Opposition in Britain 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Bonwick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Common Sense 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Fruchtman, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Declaration of Independence 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Hamowy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: THEMES AND EVENTS, FROM 1776 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Bills of rights and the first ten amendments to the Constitution 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Rutland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 State constitution-making, through 1781 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald S. Lutz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Articles of Confederation, 1775–1783 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack N. Rakove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The War for Independence, to Saratoga 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon Higginbotham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 The War for Independence, after Saratoga 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon Higginbotham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The Continental Army 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolly A. Mayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Militia, guerrilla warfare, tactics, and weaponry 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark V. Kwasny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Naval operations during the War for Independence 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClark G. Reynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The First United States Navy 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames C. Bradford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 The home front during the War for Independence: the effect of labor shortages on commercial production in the Mid-Atlantic 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael V. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Resistance to the American Revolution 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael A. McDonnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Diplomacy of the Revolution, to 1783 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan R. Dull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Confederation: state governments and their problems 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Countryman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 The West: territory, states, and confederation 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter S. Onuf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Demobilization and national defense 383\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. Wayne Carp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Currency, taxation, and finance, 1775–1787 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. Becker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Foreign relations, after 1783 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan R. Dull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Slavery and anti-slavery 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSylvia R. Frey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Amerindians and the new republic 413\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames H. Merrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The impact of the Revolution on the role, status, and experience of women 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetty Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 The impact of the Revolution on education 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelvin Yazawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 The impact of the Revolution on social problems: poverty, insanity, and crime 435\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelvin Yazawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 The impact of the Revolution on church and state 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Calhoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Law: continuity and reform 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. R. Pole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Confederation: movement for a stronger union 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. Kaplanoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 The Federal Convention and the Constitution 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. Kaplanoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 The debate over ratification of the Constitution 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurray Dry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION 495\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Great Britain in the aftermath of the American Revolution 497\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan R. Christie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 The American Revolution in Canada 503\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Mancke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 The American Revolution and Ireland 511\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurice J. Bric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 The American Revolution and the sugar colonies, 1775–1783 515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelwyn H. H. Carrington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 The effects of the American Revolution on France and its empire 523\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid P. Geggus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 The impact of the American Revolution on Spain and Portugal and their empires 531\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Maxwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 The influence of the American Revolution in the Netherlands 545\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Willem Schulte Nordholt and Wim Klooster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 The influence of the American Revolution in Germany 550\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorst Dippel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 The influence of the American Revolution in Russia 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Rogger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V: INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE REVOLUTION 557\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 The economic and demographic consequences of the American Revolution 559\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary M. Schweitzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 The religious consequences of the Revolution 579\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Calhoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 The cultural effects of the Revolution 586\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman S. Grabo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 The effects of the Revolution on language 595\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Algeo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Medicine before and after the Revolution 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary E. Fissell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 The construction of gender in a republican world 605\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth H. Bloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 The construction of race in republican America 610\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Sidbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 The construction of social status in revolutionary America 617\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI: CONCEPTS 625\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Liberty 627\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElise Marienstras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Equality 633\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. R. Pole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Property 638\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Freeman and Elizabeth Mensch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 The rule of law 645\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn P. Reid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 Consent 650\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald S. Lutz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 Happiness 655\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e83 Suffrage and representation 661\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosemarie Zagarri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Republicanism 668\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert E. Shalhope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e85 Sovereignty 674\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter S. Onuf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 Nationality and citizenship 680\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElise Marienstras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e87 The separation of powers 686\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurice J. C. Vile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e88 Rights 691\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Zuckert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e89 Virtue 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames T. 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