The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 / Edition 1

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This is outstanding narrative history in the grand style -- an eloquent and dramatic account of vital events and vibrant figures which has become the basic opus on the Revolutionary War. The Glorious Cause is a compelling account of the American colonies' struggle for independence. Middlekauff charts the growing conflict between England and America -- the political and personal controversies within the halls of Parliament to establish a viable colonial policy -- to the ultimate outbreak of military confrontation in 1775 and 1776.
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195315882

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 03-09-2007

Pages: 752

Product Dimensions: 6.14(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.91(d)

Series: Oxford History of the United States (Paperback)

About the Author

Robert Middlekauff is Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. The winner of a Bancroft Prize for The Mathers, he was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University and also served as Director of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction xv
Prologue: The Sustaining Truths 3
1. The Obstructed Giant 7
2. The Children of the Twice-Born 26
3. Beginnings: From the Top Down 49
4. The Stamp Act Crisis 70
5. Response 94
6. Selden's Penny 118
7. Chance and Charles Townshend 136
8. Boston Takes the Lead 153
9. The "Bastards of England," 174
10. Drift 208
11. Resolution 221
12. War 250
13. "Half a War" 274
14. Independece 312
15. The War of Posts 333
16. The War of Maneuver 363
17. The Revolution Becomes a European War 396
18. The War in the South 434
19. The "Fugitive War" 458
20. Inside the Campaigns 496
21. Outside the Campaigns 535
22. Yorktown and Paris 559
23. The Constitutional Movement 582
24. The Children of the Twice-Born in the 1780s 602
25. The Constitutional Convention 622
26. Ratification: An End and a Beginning 649
Epilogue: The Enduring Truths 665
Abbreviated Titles 666
Bibliographical Note 669
Index 675

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