ID | 012436 |
Call Number | 973.3/ARO |
Title Proper | Real revolution |
Other Title Information | The global story of American independence |
Language | ENG |
Author | Aronson, Marc |
Publication | New York, Clarion Books, 2005. |
Description | xviii, 238p Orange spine |
Note | Aronson brings together the long lines of English and American history that began in the Elizabethan period. As his story ends, a new nation is born, and he leaves his twenty-first century readers with a sense of the challenges they face in guiding its destiny. |
Note | Acknowledgements Cast of Characters To My Readers Three Soldiers: Robert Clive, George Washington, and James Wolfe 1. First Soldier: From Despair to Conquest -Exile in Madras -The Impossible Siege -Out of Victory, Defeat 2. Second Soldier: Into the Forest -The Arrow -The Half King's Gamble -"Poor Brittons Remember" 3. The Heroes -"The Black Hole of Calcutta" -The Third and Perfect Soldier: James Wolfe Rights and Rules 4. Three Challenges -The Legal Challenge: A Child Is Born in Boston -The Military Challenge: Rebellion in the Appalachian Foothills -The Mob's Challenge: Hellfire in London 5. London Responds -The Prime Minister -The East India Company 6. Slave or Free? -The Spirit of Freedom -Slavery 7. Networks -The Spirit of Democracy -Mobs -Franklin Addresses Parliament 8. Edges of Empire -"The Indians' Hunting Ground" -Rulers of Bengal Crisis 9. Half Measures -"What Is England Now?" -A Farmer Writes, and the "Man of the Revolution" Speaks 10. Liberty -Liberty -Hunger 11. Tea -"A Design to Enslave America" -Collapse Clive and Washington 12. Intolerable -Action -Reaction 13. Common Sense -"An Asylum for Mankind" -Making a Nation 14. Revolutions -The Jewel in the Crown To My Readers, again Endnotes Bibliography Websites Timeline Index |
Standard Number | 978061818179 |
Price. Qualification | $21.00(Hb) |
Classification Number | 973.3 |
Key Words | World politics - 18th century ; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Causes ; Globalization ; United States - Politics and government - To 1775 ; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1789 ; Lexile 1180L ; Global Perspectives - IGCSE ; American Revolution (1775-1783) |