An empire on the edge how britain came to fight america
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385351645
- ISBN: 038535164X
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource. - Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The finest country in the world -- The old régime -- An empire of speculation -- The tiger's mouth -- "This dark affair": the Gaspée incident -- A bankrupt age -- The unhappiness of Lord North -- Ignorance and bad policy -- The sending of the tea -- The East India crisis -- Whigs, West Indians and Thomas Hutchinson -- Massachusetts on the eve -- The Boston Tea Party: prelude -- The Boston Tea Party: climax -- Down the slope -- The cabinet in winter -- "Boston must be destroyed" -- The revolution begins -- An election in Arcadia -- The arming of America -- The fatal despatch. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 14, 2014). |
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