Empire and Nation: The American Revolution in the Atlantic World

by Peter S Onuf

Book Overview

The essays in Empire and Nation challenge facile assumptions about the "exceptional" character of the republic's founding moment, even as they invite readers to think anew about the complex ways in which the Revolution reshaped both American society and the Atlantic world.

How did events and ideas from elsewhere in the British empire influence development in the thirteen American colonies? And what was the effect of the American Revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421418428
• ISBN13: 9781421418421
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher