A leap in the dark : the struggle to create the American republic / John Ferling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferling, John E., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States--History--1783-1815.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 558 p.) : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A sweeping narrative of the birth of the American republic in the years from 1750 to 1800, this account traces the course of the revolutionary war & of the political struggles which beset the new nation, as it debated the constitution & developed a robust party political system.

Contents:

Preface

1754-1763 : Join, or die

1763-1766 : Loss of respect and affection

1766-1770 : To crush the spirit of the colonies

1770-1774 : Cause of Boston now is the cause of America

1775-1776 : To die freemen rather than to live slaves

1776-1777 : Leap into the dark

1778-1782 : This wilderness of darkness and dangers

1783-1787 : Present paroxysm of our affairs

1787-1789 : So much unanimity and good will

1790-1793 : Prosperous at home, respectable abroad

1793-1796 : Colossus to the Antirepublican party

1797-1799 : Game where principles are the stake

1799-1801 : Gigg is up

1801 : Age of revolution and reformation.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771423-4

0-19-518418-1

1-280-50297-5

0-19-972870-4

1-60256-816-2

OCLC:

826490489