TY - BOOK AU - Pearl,Christopher R. TI - Conceived in crisis: the revolutionary creation of an American state T2 - Early American histories SN - 0813944554 AV - F152 U1 - 974.8/02 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) KW - bisacsh KW - Politics and government KW - fast KW - War KW - Causes KW - Pennsylvania KW - History KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - To 1775 KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Pennsylvanie KW - Histoire KW - ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) KW - États-Unis KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Jusqu'à 1775 KW - 1775-1783 (Révolution) KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2493168 ER -