Independence lost lives on the edge of the American Revolution
"In an entirely new, global perspective on the Revolutionary period, Kathleen DuVal reveals personal stories such as that of Irish trader Oliver Pollock, Scottish plantation owners James and Isabella Bruce, and Creek leader Alexander McGillivray for whom the American Revolution was more complicated...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The place and its people. The Gulf Coast ; Payamataha ; Alexander McGillivray ; Oliver Pollock and Margaret O'Brien ; James Bruce and Isabella Chrystie ; Petit Jean ; Amand Broussard
- What to do about this war? Independence in Creek and Chickasaw countries ; To fight for Britain? ; To fight for Spain?
- The Revolutionary War. Inspiring loyalty ; A wartime borderland ; The Spanish siege of Pensacola
- The paradox of independence. Nations, colonies, towns, and states ; Independence gained or lost? ; Confederacies
- Republican empires and sovereign dependencies.
