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In a richly interdisciplinary narrative, a historian offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve ... More

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"The Marketplace of Revolution" offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen ... More

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"In its ambitious sweep and encyclopedic detail, Gilje's rendering of American maritime culture during the tumultuous century from 1750 to 1850 is ... More

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Democracy is a Machiavellian piece of work. In 1689, in England, private bankers financed the first elected parliament. Betting on a human foible, ... More

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as ... More

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The "Multilingual Dictionary of Knowledge Management" comprises some 3,400 basic and topical terms in the major European languages, i.e. English, ... More

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"A surprising and sweeping history that reveals the fur trade to be the driving force behind conquest, colonization, and revolution in early America ... More

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This exciting reinterpretation of the path to Revolution follows Virginia planters' attempts to break with England and shows how their grassroots ... More

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Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax "constitutional conservatism" lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America's founders, ... More

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Based on census data, Soltow presents an exhautive survey of wealth distribution in the early United States, with a particular focus on the 1798 ... More

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Papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Dartmouth College on May 8-9, 2009.

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Phillips present a riveting account of how the leadership and management skills America's founding fathers used during the Revolutionary War can ... More

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The Power of the Purse: A History of American Public Finance, 1776-1790 Authored by E. James Ferguson.

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American privateers played a significant role during the American War of Independence and the Anglo-American war of 1812, as the American regular ... More

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Wood makes new the story of how and why the American colonies grew apart from and broke with their mother country, establishing a fundamentally new ... More

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Leonard L. Richards provides a clear picture of Shays's Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long ... More

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In this gripping, thoroughly researched volume of Southern conflict during the American Revolution, Walter Edgar brings to life the battles, the ... More

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Scrappy farmers. Aristocratic landowners. Eccentric geniuses. These were the rebels who took on the world's greatest power?and won. From the ... More

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Ask most Americans why their forefathers started the Revolution, and they'll likely mention "no taxation without representation" or the belief in ... More

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Through decades of searching, the First Federal Congress Project has collected primary material documenting the debates, decisions, and thoughts of ... More

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During the years from 1789 to 1801, the republican political institutions forged by the American Constitution were put to the test. A new nation - ... More

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"Thomas Paine, a native of Thetford, England, arrived in America's coloines with little in the way of money, reputation, or prospects, though he did ... More

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