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04520cam a2200745 i 4500 001 491C2642CF3111EE9084F518253FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20240219081507 008 210611t20212021nyuab e b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021028335 020 $a 1631498983 020 $a 9781631498985 035 $a (OCoLC)1233266234 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d TOH $d IH9 $d QX9 $d IUK $d OI6 $d MJ8 $d YDX $d YUS $d GWL $d Z#6 $d AOW $d OCLCO $d CNGUL $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a E210 $b .E45 2021 082 00 $a 973.3 $2 23 084 $a K712.41 $2 clc 100 1 $a Ellis, Joseph J., $e author. 245 14 $a The cause : $b the American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783 / $c Joseph J. Ellis. 246 30 $a American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2021] 300 $a xvi, 375 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index. 505 0 $a Part I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776 -- The Rubicon -- Prudence dictates -- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780 -- The escape -- The few -- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783 -- The protraction -- The Chesapeake -- The exit. 520 $a "A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 651 0 $a United States $x Causes. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Causes. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $z America $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y To 1775. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1775-1783. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 1775-1783 (ReÌvolution) 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Causes. $y 1775-1783 (ReÌvolution) $x Causes. 651 6 $a Grande-Bretagne $x Histoire $z AmeÌrique $x Histoire $y 18e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y Jusqu'aÌ 1775. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y 1775-1783. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a British colonies. $2 cct 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 cct 650 7 $a War $x Causes. $2 cct 651 7 $a United States $x History $z Revolution, 1775-1783. $2 cct 651 7 $a Great Britain $x Colonies $y America $z 18th century. $2 cct 651 7 $a United States $x Politics and government $z To 1775. $2 cct 651 7 $a United States $x Politics and government $z 1775-1783. $2 cct 651 7 $a United States $x History $z 1775-1783, Revolution. $2 cct 651 7 $a Great Britain $x Colonies. $2 cct 651 7 $a United States $x Politics and government. $2 cct 650 7 $a British colonies $2 fast 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast 650 7 $a War $x Causes $2 fast 651 7 $a America $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 648 7 $a To 1799 $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $x History $y 1775-1783, Revolution. $2 sears 651 7 $a Great Britain $x Colonies. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Politics and government. $2 sears 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781631498992 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240219084147.0 $n 6 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=491C2642CF3111EE9084F518253FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search