American Revolution

COLIN BONWICK is Professor Emeritus of American History at Keele University, UK. His previous publications include English Radicals and the American Revolution and he has written numerous articles on both the English and American sides of the Revolution.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionLand, Peoples and the EconomySocial, Political and Intellectual PatternsThe Coming of the RevolutionAchieving IndependenceFraming New GovernmentsPolitics in the StatesProblems of IndependenceThe Philadelphia ConventionThe Revolution CompletedTablesDocumentsNotesFurther ReadingIndex.

'Colin Bonwick has managed to improve an already fine book, and I can recommend the volume without hesitation for undergraduates studying this period.' - Tom Bartlett, University College Dublin 'An excellent survey of the American Revolution, striking a good balance between social, economic, and political analysis.' - Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire Praise for the first edition: It may be the best - certainly it is one of the best - single-volume accounts ever produced about the Revolution...anyone looking for a single volume on the American Revolution to recommend to a class or friend would be well advised to consider this learned synthesis.' - Bruce C. Daniels, Journal of American History