The crucible of war : the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-176...
The crucible of war : the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-176...
The crucible of war : the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-1766 / Fred Anderson ; with illustrations from the William L. Clements Library.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
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N973.26/25
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English
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xxv, 862 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Seven Years' War and the Disruption of the Old British Empire -- Prologue: Jumonville's Glen, May 28, 1754 -- Pt. I. The Origins of the Seven Years' War, 1450-1754 -- Pt. II. Defeat, 1754-1755 -- Pt. III. Nadir, 1756-1757 -- Pt. IV. Turning Point, 1758 -- Pt. V. Annus Mirabilis, 17...
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
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c2000.
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"Depicting the subsequent British efforts to reform the empire and American resistance - the riots of the Stamp Act crisis and the nearly simultaneous pan-Indian insurrection called Pontiac's Rebellion - as postwar developments rather than as an anticipation of the national independence that no one knew lay ahead (or even desired), Anderson re-crea...
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The crucible of war : the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-1766 / Fred Anderson ; with illustrations from the William L. Clements Library.
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c2000.
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N973.26/25
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74VvA7ZqK2N3
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0375406425 (alk. paper)
9780375406423 (alk. paper)
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973.26
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991013526729702626
