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"American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And without recognition from powerful European nations, the young country would never have assumed an independent status "amongst the powers of the earth." This collect...
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University of Virginia Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Charlottesville, Virginia : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The revolutionary age
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| Summary: |
"American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And without recognition from powerful European nations, the young country would never have assumed an independent status "amongst the powers of the earth." This collection of essays not only offers new glimpses into the ways in which various European powers and actors enabled American patriots to fight and win the war, it also highlights the American Revolution's short- and long-term impact on the Atlantic world"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780813949895 0813949890 9780813949888 0813949882 |
| Index Number: | E249 |
| CLC: |
D871.29 K712.41 |
| Call Number: | K712.41/E896 |
| Contents: | Introduction / Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, John A. Ragosta, and Marie-Jeanne Rossignol -- Imagining an American, and a French, Revolutionary -- American Nationality: A French Invention? / Julia Osman -- Diplomacy: Friends, Allies, and Free Trade Ideology and Interest: Free Trade, the League of Armed Neutrality, and the American Revolution / Paul A. Gilje -- "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!": John Paul Jones's Friends in the Dutch Republic, 1779-1780 / Victor Enthoven -- War at Sea: The Battle of the Chesapeake Season, Winds, and the Sea: The Improbable Route of de Grasse to the Chesapeake / Olivier Chaline -- The Battle of the Chesapeake from the Quarterdeck: From an Admirals' Quarrel to Scholars' Consensus / Jean-Marie Kowalski -- Conflicted Allies: Spain and Portugal in the American War for Independence Bernardo de Gálvez: Friend of the American Revolution, Friend of Empire / Kathleen DuVal and Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia -- Old Partners and Intersecting Interests: Trade and Diplomacy between Portugal and the United States during the Era of George Washington (c. 1781-1805) / Timothy Walker -- Lafayette and French Nobles: Constitutional Reform in a Revolutionary Voice Lafayette and the "More Perfect Union": Strengthening America in the Confederation Era, 1783-1789 / Robert Rhodes Crout -- Lafayette, the Lameths, and "Republican Monarchy," 1789-1791 / Munro Price -- Studying Atlantic History with Jacques Godechot and Robert R. Palmer In Search of Global Democracy: Revisiting the Historical Work of Jacques Godechot and Robert R. Palmer, Founders of Atlantic History / Marie-Jeanne Rossignol. |