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Author Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-2013.

Title The birth of the Republic, 1763-89 / Edmund S. Morgan.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1977.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  973.3 M821b 1977    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition Rev. ed.
Description xi, 202 pages ; 21 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Chicago history of American civilization ; 14
Chicago history of American civilization ; 14.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-190) and index.
Contents Includes the text of the Constitution of the United States and other relevant documents.
Summary Here are the events of that remarkable quarter-century which transformed thirteen quarrelsome colonies into a nation. The author's account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom.
Subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Confederation of the United States (1783-1789) (OCoLC)fst01352527
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1783-1789
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0226537587
9780226537580
0226537595 (pbk.)
9780226537597 (pbk.)

 
    
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