2005, ISBN: 0670034541

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780670034543], New book, [PU: Viking, Penguin Group, New York, London &c.], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: PRE-REVOLUTIONARY: THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: ANDERSON, FRED: WAR THAT MADE AMERIC… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780670034543], New book, [PU: Viking, Penguin Group, New York, London &c.], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: PRE-REVOLUTIONARY: THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR: ANDERSON, FRED: WAR THAT MADE AMERICA: A SHORT HISTORY OF AND ILLUSTRATIONS CHOSEN CAPTIONED BY R. SCOTT STEPHENSON; MAPS JEFFEY L. WARD, Jacket, BRILLIANT: VIVID: REVELATORY: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. December 2005) Fourth Printing (c. 2007): NEW handsomely-illus. mylar-protected gloss-laminated jacket showing orig. $25.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW cover w/ deep-rose paper wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back panels covered in charcoal-black paper & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT archival paper * 6.24" x 9.50" x 1.12", 0.58 kg, xxvi+294 (320) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: This brilliant study (companion to the 4-part PBS documentary series) examines how the French & Indian War of the mid-18th century had a definitive impact on history, tracing how it served to overturn the balance of power on 2 continents & laid the groundwork for the American Revolution: First immortalized in James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans", the French & Indian War (also known popularly as the Seven Years' War) remains one of the most fascinating yet vastly misunderstood periods in the history of the North American continent. In this brilliant book, Professor Anderson explains to readers in rich, revelatory detail how the war helped shape a generation & made America the country that it is today. Throughout the first half of the 18th century, the balance of power in the northern colonies had been neutralized by the Iroquois Confederacy, which deftly played the British off against the French in order to survive & prosper. But soon colonial expansion & the Iroquois' own greed led to confrontation. The resulting war (triggered when a young & inexperienced George Washington, fighting under the British flag, tried to take control of the French-occupied Ohio River Forks) was the beginning of a military conflict that spread from the backwoods of Pennsylvania to Europe. Between 1755 & 1763, Great Britain stripped France & Spain of its colonies outside the Caribbean, gaining control of the eastern half of the United States. Ultimately, the war overturned the balance of power on 2 continents, undermined any semblance of recognized authority that Native American nations had over their own land, & ignited the "long fuse" of the American Revolution. Beautifully illustrated & exquisitely told, "The War that Made America" is the story of how the America we know emerged from a violent & transforming imperial struggle. It is a tale of force & persuasion, calculation & chance, hatred, tenderness, & courage: a story that no on knows better, or tells more vividly, than Fred Anderson. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: FRED ANDERSON, professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is the author of "Crucible of War", a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award & winner of the Francis Parkman Prize & the Mark Lynton History Prize in 2001. Most recently (w/ Andrew Clayton) he coauthored "The Dominion of War: Empire & Liberty in North America 1500-2000". * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & to international destinations via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates., Books<

2005, ISBN: 9780670034543

Viking Adult, Gebundene Ausgabe, 288 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.21 kg, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, … Mehr…

Viking Adult, Gebundene Ausgabe, 288 Seiten, Publiziert: 2005-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.21 kg, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, Frankreich, Großbritannien, USA, Moderne & Postmoderne, Epochen, Indianer, Geschichte nach Themen, Viking Adult, 2005<