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The Common Cause. Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution.
Robert G. Parkinson
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Description for The Common Cause. Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution.
Num Pages: 640 pages, 21 halftones, 1 figs., 7 maps, 33 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1240.
When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. ... Read more
When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469626635
SKU
V9781469626635
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99-60
About Robert G. Parkinson
Robert G. Parkinson is assistant professor of history at Binghamton University, USA.
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