02376nam 2200553 a 450 991045031490332120200520144314.00-19-518418-11-280-50297-50-19-972870-41-60256-816-2(CKB)1000000000029143(SSID)ssj0000190354(PQKBManifestationID)11182865(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190354(PQKBWorkID)10180049(PQKB)10126616(MiAaPQ)EBC279556(Au-PeEL)EBL279556(CaPaEBR)ebr10085301(CaONFJC)MIL50297(OCoLC)826490489(EXLCZ)99100000000002914320030117d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA leap in the dark[electronic resource] the struggle to create the American republic /John FerlingOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (xv, 558 p.) ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-515924-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-537]) and index.Preface -- 1754-1763 : Join, or die -- 1763-1766 : Loss of respect and affection -- 1766-1770 : To crush the spirit of the colonies -- 1770-1774 : Cause of Boston now is the cause of America -- 1775-1776 : To die freemen rather than to live slaves -- 1776-1777 : Leap into the dark -- 1778-1782 : This wilderness of darkness and dangers -- 1783-1787 : Present paroxysm of our affairs -- 1787-1789 : So much unanimity and good will -- 1790-1793 : Prosperous at home, respectable abroad -- 1793-1796 : Colossus to the Antirepublican party -- 1797-1799 : Game where principles are the stake -- 1799-1801 : Gigg is up -- 1801 : Age of revolution and reformation.United StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783United StatesHistory1783-1815Electronic books.973.3Ferling John E475858MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450314903321A leap in the dark2169087UNINA