The creation of America : through revolution to empire /
Presents a realistic picture of a privileged elite who are dreaming of empires, who clone their own empire from the British. Shows that the colonists from the first intended to conquer American Indians. Some colonists bought African as slaves and rigidly ruled over them. Interprets the revolutionary...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Summary: | Presents a realistic picture of a privileged elite who are dreaming of empires, who clone their own empire from the British. Shows that the colonists from the first intended to conquer American Indians. Some colonists bought African as slaves and rigidly ruled over them. Interprets the revolutionary rhetoric about liberty and virtue as war propaganda. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 340 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index. "Books by Francis Jennings": page iii. |
| ISBN: | 0521662559 9780521662550 0521664810 9780521664813 0965160548 9780965160544 |