"A few bloody noses" : the realities and mythologies of the American Revolution
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Published
Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2002.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
1585672734, 9781585672738
Physical Desc
xii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Published
Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1585672734, 9781585672738
Notes
General Note
Originally published: London : John Murray, 2001.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-460) and index.
Description
"We meant well to the Americans -- just to punish them with a few bloody noses, and then to make laws for the happiness of both countries," said George III. The ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States -- this extraordinary country, this amalgam of people from every corner of the earth. Robert Harvey, whose most recent book Liberators cast a new light on the struggle against colonialism in South America, challenges many conventional views of the American Revolution -- why it happened, who was winning and when, who was for it and who was not, the characters of the principal protagonists, and the role of Native Americans and slaves. Harvey creatively studies this seminal event in the making of the United States, taking a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the colonists in America, and those at home in Britain -- the country that the colonists had left behind, and to which (not so widely known) many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable work.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harvey, R. (2002). "A few bloody noses": the realities and mythologies of the American Revolution (First edition.). Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harvey, Robert, 1953-. 2002. "A Few Bloody Noses": The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution. Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harvey, Robert, 1953-. "A Few Bloody Noses": The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution Overlook Press, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harvey, Robert. "A Few Bloody Noses": The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution First edition., Overlook Press, 2002.
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