1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000051180403321

Autore

Margival, Francois

Titolo

Les encres / Francois Margival

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Gauthier-Villars-Masson et C., s.d.

Descrizione fisica

162 p. : ill. ; 19 cm

Collana

Encyclopédie scientifique des aide-mémoire

Disciplina

667.4

Locazione

FINBC

Collocazione

13 G 63 33

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459580303321

Autore

Mason Bernard <1920->

Titolo

The road to independence : the Revolutionary movement in New York, 1773-1777 / / Bernard Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University of Kentucky Press, , 1967

©1967

ISBN

0-8131-8632-3

0-8131-6357-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

974.702

Soggetti

Electronic books.

New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

"A note on sources": p. [258]-264.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Royal



Influence in New York; 3. Division into Tory and Whig; 4. Crystallization of the Revolutionary Spirit; 5. The Tide Sets for Independence; 6. Government prior to the Constitution of 1777; 7. Making Haste Slowly: Framing the Constitution; 8. Reconsiderations; Appendix; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In this description and analysis of the organization of the revolutionary movement in New York, Bernard Mason focuses upon the intricate political alignments which the cause of independence created. He finds that the revolutionaries, contrary to the long-standing thesis, formed a decisive majority, although their effectiveness was hampered by vacillation and by a protracted struggle for leadership. Despite the timidity of the Whig leaders, the polemicists gave vent to their militancy and public attitudes tended to lead rather than follow those of the politicians. Moreover, independence was onl