The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff (En

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this updated version offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and captures the profound and passionate struggle to found a free nation. Middlekauff undertakes the difficult task of separating the real from the mythic with great success. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between England andAmerica, highlighting the drama and anguish of the colonial struggle for independence. Combining the political and the personal, he provides a compelling account of the key events that precipitated the war,from the Stamp Act to the Tea Act, tracing the gradual gathering of American resistance that culminated in the Boston Tea Party and "the shot heard round the world." The heart of the book features a vivid description of the eight-year-long war, with gripping accounts of battles and campaigns, ranging from Bunker Hill and Washingtons crossing of the Delaware to the brilliant victory at Hannahs Cowpens and the final triumph at Yorktown, paying particular attention to what made men fight inthese bloody encounters. The book concludes with an insightful look at the making of the Constitution in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and the struggle over ratification. Through it all, Middlekauffgives the reader a vivid sense of how the colonists saw these events and the importance they gave to them. Common soldiers and great generals, Sons of Liberty and African slaves, town committee-men and representatives in congress--all receive their due. And there are particularly insightful portraits of such figures as Sam and John Adams, James Otis, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and many others. This new edition has been revised and expanded, with fresh coverage oftopics such as mob reactions to British measures before the War, military medicine, womens role in the Revolution, American Indians, the different kinds of war fought by the Americans and theBritish, and the ratification of the Constitution. The book also has a new epilogue and an updated bibliography.The cause for which the colonists fought, liberty and independence, was glorious indeed. Here is an equally glorious narrative of an event that changed the world, capturing the profound and passionate struggle to found a free nation.The Oxford History of the United StatesThe Oxford History of the United States isthe most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Atlantic Monthly has praised itas "the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship," a series that "synthesizes a generations worth of historical inquiry and knowledge into one literally state-of-the-art book." Conceived under the general editorship of C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter, and now under the editorship of David M. Kennedy, this renowned series blends social, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military history into coherent and vividly written narrative. Author Biography Robert Middlekauff is Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. The winner of a Bancroft Prize for The Mathers, he was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University and also served as Director of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens. Table of Contents MapsEditors IntroductionPorlogue: The Sustaining Truths1. The Obstructed Giant2. The Children of the Twice-Born3. Beginnings: From the Top Down4. The Stamp Act Crisis5. Response6. Seldens Penny7. Chance and Charles Townshend8. Boston Takes the Lead9. The "Bastards of England"10. Drift11. Resolution12. War13. "Half a War"14. Independence15. The War of Posts16. The War of Maneuver17. The Revolution Becomes a European War18. The War in the South19. The "Fugitive War"20. Inside the Campaigns21. Outside the Campaigns22. Yorktown and Paris23. The Constitutional Movement24. The Children of the Twice-Born in the 1780s25. The Constitutional Convention26. Ratification: An End and a BeginningEpilogue Review Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for History"This is narrative history at its best, written in a conversational and engaging style....A major revision and expansion of a popular history of the American Revolutionary period."--Library Journal"A tour de force. Middlekauff has the admirable ability to capture historical truths in vivid images and memorable phrases....Middlekauffs empathy enhances this massive books cumulative power. The cause was glorious; the book is too."--Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World"The reader in search of a wide-ranging overview of the Revolution would be better off turning to any number of earlier books (from Trevelyans classic American Revolution to more recent works like The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff)."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAcclaim for the First Edition:"One of the best one-volume accounts of the Revolutionary war."--The New York Times"A striking success. Middlekauff is both elegant and eloquent. Whether he is describing the making of British policy, or sketching the character of Washington or Pitt, or explaining why Daniel Morgan positioned the American troops at Hannahs Cowpens so retreat would be impossible, he does in a few paragraphs or pages what others might struggle through a chapter to get right."--The New Republic"A first-class narrative history. There is probably no history of the Revolution that better combines a full account of the military course of the war with consideration of all the other forces shaping the era." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"Middlekauffs energy and clarity often make us read as eagerly as if we did not know how this struggle will come out."--The New Yorker"Writing with a grace and clarity that recall Samuel Eliot Morison, Middlekauff gives us classic entry into the critical period of American history." --The Los Angeles Times"His narrative account goes along at a fast pace. He moves with agility from profound political and philosophical disputes of the period to the scenes of battle and the problems of military strategy. A welcome addition to the history of the Revolution." --The Washington Post Book World"First-rate narrative history--one can hardly imagine a better one-volume introduction to the period. Graced with plentiful illustrations, gracefully written and long enough (at nearly 700 pages) to afford ample attention to detail, this book is highly recommended to the general reader."--Newsday Promotional The classic history of the American Revolution--now in an updated and expanded twentieth anniversary edition Long Description The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between England andAmerica, highlighting the drama and anguish of the colonial struggle for independence. Combining the political and the personal, he provides a compelling account of the key events that precipitated the war, from the Stamp Act to the Tea Act, tracing the gradual gathering of American resistance that culminatedin the Boston Tea Party and "the shot heard round the world." The heart of the book features a vivid description of the eight-year-long war, with gripping accounts of battles and campaigns, ranging from Bunker Hill and Washingtons crossing of the Delaware to the brilliant victory at Hannahs Cowpens and the final triumph at Yorktown, paying particular attention to what made men fight in these bloody encounters. The book concludes with an insightful look at the making of the Constitution inthe Philadelphia Convention of 1787 and the struggle over ratification. Through it all, Middlekauff gives the reader a vivid sense of how the colonists saw these events and the importance they gave to them. Common soldiers and great generals, Sons of Liberty and African slaves, town committee-men andrepresentatives in congress--all receive their due. And there are particularly insightful portraits of such figures as Sam and John Adams, James Otis, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and many others. This new edition has been revised and expanded, with fresh coverage of topics such as mob reactions to British measures before the War, military medicine, womens role in the Revolution, American Indians, the different kinds of war fought by the Americans and the British,and the ratification of the Constitution. The book also has a new epilogue and an updated bibliography.The cause for which the colonists fought, liberty and independence, was glorious indeed. Here is an equally glorious narrative of an event that changed the world, capturingthe profound and passionate struggle to found a free nation.The Oxford History of the United StatesThe Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Atlantic Monthly has praised it as "the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship,"a series that "synthesizes a generations worth of historical inquiry and knowledge into one literally state-of-the-art book." Conceived under the general editorship of C. Vann Woodward and Richard Hofstadter, and now under the editorship of David M. Kennedy, this renowned series blends social, political, economic, cultural,diplomatic, and military history into coherent and vividly written narrative. Review Text "This is narrative history at its best, written in a conversational and engaging style.... A major revision and expansion of a popular history of the American Revolutionary period."--Library Journal"A tour de force. Middlekauff has the admirable ability to capture historical truths in vivid images and memorable phrases.... Middlekauffs empathy enhances this massive books cumulative power. The cause was glorious; the book is too."--Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World"The reader in search of a wide-ranging overview of the Revolution would be better off turning to any number of earlier books (from Trevelyans classic American Revolution to more recent works like The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff)."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, in a review of 1776Acclaim for the First Edition: "One of the best one-volume accounts of the Revolutionary war."--The New York Times "A striking success. Middlekauff is both elegant and eloquent. Whether he is describing the making of British policy, or sketching the character of Washington or Pitt, or explaining why Daniel Morgan positioned the American troops at Hannahs Cowpens so retreat would be impossible, he does in a few paragraphs or pages what others might struggle through a chapter to get right."--The New Republic "A first-class narrative history. There is probably no history of the Revolution that better combines a full account of the military course of the war with consideration of all the other forces shaping the era." --The Philadelphia Inquirer"Middlekauffs energy and clarity often make us read as eagerly as if we did not know how this struggle will come out."--The New Yorker "Writing with a grace and clarity that recall Samuel Eliot Morison, Middlekauff gives us classic entry into the critical period of American history." --The Los Angeles Times "His narrative account goes along at a fast pace. He moves with agility from profound political and philosophical disputes of the period to the scenes of battle and the problems of military strategy. A welcome addition to the history of the Revolution." --The Washington Post Book World"First-rate narrative history--one can hardly imagine a better one-volume introduction to the period. Graced with plentiful illustrations, gracefully written and long enough (at nearly 700 pages) to afford ample attention to detail, this book is highly recommended to the general reader." --Newsday"A tour de force. Middlekauff has the admirable ability to capture historical truths in vivid images and memorable phrases.... Middlekauffs empathy enhances this massive books cumulative power. The cause was glorious; the book is too."--Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World"This is narrative history at its best, written in a conversational and engaging style.... A major revision and expansion of a popular history of the American Revolutionary period."--Library Journal"The reader in search of a wide-ranging overview of the Revolution would be better off turning to any number of earlier books (from Trevelyans classic American Revolution to more recent works like The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff)."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, in a review of 1776 Review Quote "This is narrative history at its best, written in a conversational and engaging style.... A major revision and expansion of a popular history of the American Revolutionary period."--Library Journal "A tour de force. Middlekauff has the admirable ability to capture historical truths in vivid images and memorable phrases.... Middlekauffs empathy enhances this massive books cumulative power. The cause was glorious; the book is too."--Dennis Drabelle,Washington Post Book World "The reader in search of a wide-ranging overview of the Revolution would be better off turning to any number of earlier books (from Trevelyans classic American Revolution to more recent works like The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff)."--Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times, in a review of1776 Acclaim for the First Edition: "One of the best one-volume accounts of the Revolutionary war."--The New York Times "A striking success. Middlekauff is both elegant and eloquent. Whether he is describing the making of British policy, or sketching the character of Washington or Pitt, or explaining why Daniel Morgan positioned the American troops at Hannahs Cowpens so retreat would be impossible, he does in a few paragraphs or pages what others might struggle through a chapter to get right."--The New Republic "A first-class narrative history. There is probably no history of the Revolution that better combines a full account of the military course of the war with consideration of all the other forces shaping the era." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Middlekauffs energy and clarity often make us read as eagerly as if we did not know how this struggle will come out."--The New Yorker "Writing with a grace and clarity that recall Samuel Eliot Morison, Middlekauff gives us classic entry into the critical period of American history." --The Los Angeles Times "His narrative account goes along at a fast pace. He moves with agility from profound political and philosophical disputes of the period to the scenes of battle and the problems of military strategy. A welcome addition to the history of the Revolution." --The Washington Post Book World "First-rate narrative history--one can hardly imagine a better one-volume introduction to the period. Graced with plentiful illustrations, gracefully written and long enough (at nearly 700 pages) to afford ample attention to detail, this book is highly recommended to the general reader." --Newsday Feature Selling point: The classic history of the American Revolution--now in an updated and expanded twentieth anniversary edition.Selling point: A glorious narrative of an event that changed the world, capturing the profound and passionate struggle to found a free nation.Selling point: The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States.Selling point: Revised and expanded, with fresh coverage of topics and a new epilogue and an updated bibliography. Details ISBN019531588X Author Robert Middlekauff Short Title GLORIOUS CAUSE REV/E 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 019531588X ISBN-13 9780195315882 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 973.3 Year 2007 Replaces 9780195035759 Residence Berkeley, CA, US Affiliation University of California at Berkeley (Emeritus) Subtitle The American Revolution, 1763-1789 Position Preston Hotchkiss Professor of American History Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780195315882 UK Release Date 2007-05-24 NZ Release Date 2007-05-24 US Release Date 2007-05-24 Pages 752 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Edition Description Revised edition Series Oxford History of the United States Publication Date 2007-05-24 Alternative 9780195162479 Series Number Vol. 3 Illustrations 19 halftones, 20 maps Audience General AU Release Date 2007-02-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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