Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor of History at Lycoming College.

“Pearl has written a powerful new interpretation of the American Revolution. Not only does he make a persuasive argument about the coming of the Revolution; he also explains what may have been its most important outcome—the creation of sovereign republican states capable of realizing the will of democratic majorities. It is a major scholarly contribution.”“Well-written and well-researched, Conceived in Crisis makes an important—perhaps decisive—contribution to the problem of state formation in the American Revolution.”

Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor of History at Lycoming College.

“Pearl has written a powerful new interpretation of the American Revolution. Not only does he make a persuasive argument about the coming of the Revolution; he also explains what may have been its most important outcome—the creation of sovereign republican states capable of realizing the will of democratic majorities. It is a major scholarly contribution.”“Well-written and well-researched, Conceived in Crisis makes an important—perhaps decisive—contribution to the problem of state formation in the American Revolution.”

Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor of History at Lycoming College.

“Pearl has written a powerful new interpretation of the American Revolution. Not only does he make a persuasive argument about the coming of the Revolution; he also explains what may have been its most important outcome—the creation of sovereign republican states capable of realizing the will of democratic majorities. It is a major scholarly contribution.”“Well-written and well-researched, Conceived in Crisis makes an important—perhaps decisive—contribution to the problem of state formation in the American Revolution.”