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FINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULTIZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
In this powerful narrative Nick Bunker tells the story of the last three years of mutual embitterment that preceded the outbreak of America's war for independence in 1775. It was a tragedy of errors in which both sides shared responsibility for a conflict that cost the lives of at least twenty thousand Britons and a still larger number of Americans.
Drawing on careful study of primary sources from Britain and the United States An Empire on the Edge sheds new light on the Tea Party's origins and on the roles of such familiar characters as Benjamin Franklin John Hancock and Thomas Hutchinson. At the heart of the book lies the Boston Tea Party an event that arose from fundamental flaws in the way the British managed their affairs.
With lawyers in London calling the Tea Party treason and with hawks in Parliament crying out for revenge the British opted for punitive reprisals without foreseeing the resistance they would arouse. For their part the Americans underestimated Britain's determination not to give way. By the late summer of 1774 the descent into war had become irreversible.
FINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULTIZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
In this powerful narrative Nick Bunker tells the story of the last three years of mutual embitterment that preceded the outbreak of America's war for independence in 1775. It was a tragedy of errors in which both sides shared responsibility for a conflict that cost the lives of at least twenty thousand Britons and a still larger number of Americans.
Drawing on careful study of primary sources from Britain and the United States An Empire on the Edge sheds new light on the Tea Party's origins and on the roles of such familiar characters as Benjamin Franklin John Hancock and Thomas Hutchinson. At the heart of the book lies the Boston Tea Party an event that arose from fundamental flaws in the way the British managed their affairs.
With lawyers in London calling the Tea Party treason and with hawks in Parliament crying out for revenge the British opted for punitive reprisals without foreseeing the resistance they would arouse. For their part the Americans underestimated Britain's determination not to give way. By the late summer of 1774 the descent into war had become irreversible.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780099552734 |
| ISBN-10: | 0099552736 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Bunker, Nick |
| Hersteller: | Vintage |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 234 x 153 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Nick Bunker |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 03.11.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,746 kg |
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