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Pearl, Christopher R., 1983-

Conceived in crisis : the revolutionary creation of an American state / Christopher R. Pearl. - 1 online resource - Early American histories .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgmen -- Introduction -- 1. "Perfect Strangers" -- 2. "For Want of Power" -- 3. The "Stupendous Machine" -- 4. "When the Thunder of the Law Sleeps" -- 5. "Usurping Powers" -- 6. "For the Security and Protection of the Community" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent books in the series

"This book argues that the American Revolution was a response to the inability of individual colonial governments to deliver basic services, thus undermining their legitimacy, as much as the product of the imperial crisis brought on by Parliament's attempt to impose a new idea of empire on the American colonies"--

ISBN: 0813944554 9780813944555 (electronic bk.) (hardcover)

Source: 22573/ctv12hfqdq JSTOR

LCCN: 2020004178

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1783

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY--Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)--United States
Politics and government.
War--Causes.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--Politics and government--To 1775.
United States--History--Causes.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Pennsylvanie--Histoire--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--Jusqu'à 1775.
États-Unis--Histoire--Causes.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
Pennsylvania.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: F152

Dewey Class. No.: 974.8/02