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Prelude to Revolution
Peter Charles Hoffer
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Description for Prelude to Revolution
Paperback. An excellent overview of the field."-Journal of Legal History, reviewing Law and People in Colonial America Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Before colonial Americans could declare independence, they had to undergo a change of heart. Beyond a desire to rebel against British mercantile and fiscal policies, they had to believe that they could stand up to the fully armed British soldier. Prelude to Revolution uncovers one story of how the Americans found that confidence. On April 19, 1775, British raids on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge made history, but it was an episode nearly two months earlier in Salem, Massachusetts, that set the stage for the hostilities. Peter Charles Hoffer has discovered records and newspaper accounts of a British gunpowder raid ... Read more
Before colonial Americans could declare independence, they had to undergo a change of heart. Beyond a desire to rebel against British mercantile and fiscal policies, they had to believe that they could stand up to the fully armed British soldier. Prelude to Revolution uncovers one story of how the Americans found that confidence. On April 19, 1775, British raids on Lexington Green and Concord Bridge made history, but it was an episode nearly two months earlier in Salem, Massachusetts, that set the stage for the hostilities. Peter Charles Hoffer has discovered records and newspaper accounts of a British gunpowder raid ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Witness to History
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421410067
SKU
V9781421410067
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About Peter Charles Hoffer
Peter Charles Hoffer is the Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He is author of numerous books, including When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word; Law and People in Colonial America; and The Brave New World: A History of Early America, all published by Johns ... Read more
Reviews for Prelude to Revolution
Hoffer's engaging prose, clear argument, and varied use of cultural sources, such as poems and songs, make this book accessible and interesting to a broad audience... Prelude to Revolution is a fine study written primarily for a popular audience by a prolific scholar who adeptly restores the Salem Gunpowder Raid to its rightful place in the history of the American ... Read more