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Resistance, Politics, and the American Struggle for Independence, 1765-1775 |
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Language: English 592 pages ISBN-10: 0931477751 ISBN-13: 978-0931477751 DESCRIPTION As independence leader and US President John Adams wrote: "A history of military operations...is not a history of the American Revolution....The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, and [was] substantially effected before hostilities commenced." This volume analyzes the extensive nature of American nonviolent resistance to colonial rule. --taken from aeinstein.org TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART ONE: A DECADE OF STRUGGLE, 1765–1775 1. The American Independence Movement, 1765–1775: A Decade of Nonviolent Struggles 2. The Stamp Act Resistance 3. The First Rockingham Ministry and the Repeal of the Stamp Act: The Role of the Commerical Lobby and Economic Pressures Intro Chpt. 4: Circular Letters, Customs Officers, and the Issue of Violence: The Background to the Townshend Acts Resistance 4. The Nonconsumption and Nonimportation Movement Against the Townshend Acts, 1767–1770 5. British Response to American Reactions to the Townshend Acts, 1767–1770 Intro Chpt. 6: Sullen Silence or Prelude to Resistance: Background to the Continental Association, 1771 to May 1774 6. The Continental Association: Economic Resistance and Government by Committee 7. The British Business Community and the Later Nonimportation Movements, 1768–1776 8. The British Ministers, Massachusetts, and the Continental Congress, 1774–1775 PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF THE STRUGGLE 9. The Impact of the Commercial Resistance 10. Religion and the Development of Political Resistance in the Colonies 11. English Radicals and American Resistance to British Authority 12. A Shift in Strategy: The Organization of Military Struggle 13. British Attitudes to the American Revolution 14. Resistance Politics and the Growth of Parallel Government in America, 1765–1775 Appendixes Contributors Index |
Walter H. Conser, Jr., Ronald M. McCarthy, David J. Toscano, Gene Sharp (editors)| Powered by Sigsiu.NET |  |