Conceived in crisis : the revolutionary creation of an American state / Christopher R. Pearl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearl, Christopher R., 1983- author.

Series:

Early American histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Pennsylvania.

History.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775.

United States.

Politics and government.

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

War--Causes.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 307 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "Perfect Strangers": The Problem of Community and Church Governance

2. "For Want of Power": The Search for Order and Government

3. The "Stupendous Machine": Imperial Pennsylvania and the Failure of Reform

4. "When the Thunder of the Law Sleeps": Regulations for "Liberty and Law"

5. "Usurping Powers": Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution

6. "For the Security and Protection of the Community": Revolutionary State Formation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pearl, Christopher R., 1983- Conceived in crisi.

ISBN:

9780813944548

0813944546

OCLC:

1139013185