American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution - Couverture rigide

Unger, Harlow Giles

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ISBN 10 : 0306819627 ISBN 13 : 9780306819629

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2011

Synopsis

On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many dressed as Indians, dumped roughly £10,000 worth of tea in Boston Harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two-and-a-half years later.

The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities as tea parties erupted up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of their homes and property, and nearly 100,000 left forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of "magnificent," saying that "it must have important consequences."

Combining stellar scholarship with action-packed history, Harlow Giles Unger reveals the truth behind the legendary event and examines its lasting consequence--the spawning of a new, independent nation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at Mount Vernon, Harlow Giles Unger is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of seventeen books, including five biographies of America's Founding Fathers. He lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306819627
• ISBN 13: 9780306819629
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
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