The American revolution :
The American revolution : writings from the pamphlet debate. I: 1764-1772 /
American Revolution : writings from the pamphlet debate, 1764-1772 Writings from the pamphlet debate, 1764-1772
Gordon S. Wood, editor.
- xxii, 935 pages ; 21 cm.
- The library of America ; 265 .
- Library of America ; 265. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 849-915) and index.
"From more than a thousand pamphlets published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period [of 1764-1776], acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood has selected thrity-nine of the most influential and emblematic to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. Here, in the first volume of a two-volume set, are nineteen works from the trans-Atlantic debate triggered by Parliament's imposition of new taxes and regulations designed to reform the empire. What begins as a controversy about the origin and function of colonies ... quickly becomes a deeper dispute about the nature of political liberty itself."--Jacket flap.
1598533770 9781598533774
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Liberty.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Great Britain--Colonies--America.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 849-915) and index.
"From more than a thousand pamphlets published on both sides of the Atlantic during the period [of 1764-1776], acclaimed historian Gordon S. Wood has selected thrity-nine of the most influential and emblematic to reveal as never before how this momentous revolution unfolded. Here, in the first volume of a two-volume set, are nineteen works from the trans-Atlantic debate triggered by Parliament's imposition of new taxes and regulations designed to reform the empire. What begins as a controversy about the origin and function of colonies ... quickly becomes a deeper dispute about the nature of political liberty itself."--Jacket flap.
1598533770 9781598533774
2014946652
Liberty.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Great Britain--Colonies--America.
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