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Crucible of war : the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-1766 / Fred Anderson ; with illustrations from the William L. Clements Library.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 199 .A59 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Fred, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
- United States.
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Influence.
- Estados Unidos--Historia--Guerra franco-india, 1755-1763.
- Estados Unidos--Historia--Guerra franco-india,1755-1763--Influencia.
- British colonies.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Influence.
- Local Subjects:
- Estados Unidos--Historia--Guerra franco-india, 1755-1763.
- Estados Unidos--Historia--Guerra franco-india,1755-1763--Influencia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 862 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2000.
- Summary:
- "With the Seven Years' War, Great Britain decisively eliminated French power north of the Caribbean - and in the process destroyed an American diplomatic system in which Native Americans had long played a central, balancing role-permanently changing the political and cultural landscape of North America." "Anderson reveals the clash of inherited perceptions the war created when it gave thousands of American colonists their first experience of real Englishmen and introduced them to the British cultural and class system. The war taught George Washington and other provincials profound emotional lessons, as well as giving them practical instruction in how to be soldiers." "Depicting the subsequent British efforts to reform the empire and American resistance - the riots of the Stamp Act crisis and the nearly simultaneous pan-Indian insurrection called Pontiac's Rebellion - as postwar developments rather than as an anticipation of the national independence that no one knew lay ahead (or even desired), Anderson re-creates the perspectives through which contemporaries saw events unfold while they tried to preserve imperial relationships."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- The origins of the Seven Years' War, 1450-1754
- Defeat, 1754-1755
- Nadir, 1756-1757
- Turning point, 1758
- Annus Mirabilis, 1759
- Conquest completed, 1760
- Vexed victory, 1761-1763
- Crisis and reform, 1764
- Crisis compounded, 1765-1766
- Empire preserved? 1766.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 2001.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Anderson, Fred, 1949- Crucible of war.
- ISBN:
- 0375406425
- 9780375406423
- 0375706364
- 9780375706363
- OCLC:
- 40830180
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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