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The Declaration of Independence in historical context : American state papers, petitions, proclamations, and letters of the delegates to the First National Congresses / Barry Alan Shain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shain, Barry Alan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Declaration of Independence.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes--Sources.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (783 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Political science professor Barry Shain has collected 174 letters, papers, petitions, and proclamations from the years directly preceding the creation of the Declaration of Independence that challenge many of the dominant narratives that shape contemporary understanding of this all-important document. Rather than arising from strong philosophical convictions and a clearly perceived vision of the future, the Declaration, as these writings demonstrate, was more the result of chance occurrences and practical considerations, and reflective of a society less rebellion-minded and far more monarchically inclined than most Americans today have been taught to believe.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- DOCUMENT CHRONOLOGY
- NOTE TO THE READER
- INTRODUCTION: Three Congresses, Anglo- American Constitutionalism, and British Imperialism and Monarchy
- ACT I: THE STAMP ACT CRISIS, 1764- 1766
- ACT II: RESPONSE TO THE COERCIVE ACTS, 1774
- ACT III: THE FIGHTING BEGINS, 1775
- ACT IV: TOWARD INDEPENDENCE, 1776
- ACT V: NEW NATIONS, 1776- 1777
- APPENDIX: Four Additional Documents, Informative but Off- Stage
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-300-15905-6
- OCLC:
- 881033525
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