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100	1		_aEllis, Joseph J., _eauthor. _938215
245	1	4	_aThe cause : _bthe American Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783 / _cJoseph J. Ellis.
246	3	0	_aAmerican Revolution and its discontents, 1773-1783
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bLiveright Publishing Corporation, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_axvi, 375 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index.
505	0		_aPart I: Origins and arguments, 1773-1776 -- The Rubicon -- Prudence dictates -- Part II: Arms and men, 1776-1780 -- The escape -- The few -- Part III: Triumphs and tragedies, 1780-1783 -- The protraction -- The Chesapeake -- The exit.
520			_a"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the "American Revolution": former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams insisted that the British were the real revolutionaries, for attempting to impose radical change without their colonists' consent. With The Cause, Ellis takes a fresh look at the events between 1773 and 1783, recovering a war more brutal than any in American history save the Civil War and discovering a strange breed of "prudent" revolutionaries, whose prudence proved wise yet tragic when it came to slavery, the original sin that still haunts our land. Written with flair and drama, The Cause brings together a cast of familiar and forgotten characters who, taken together, challenge the story we have long told ourselves about our origins as a people and a nation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783. _921881
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xCauses. _923450
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _zAmerica _xHistory _y18th century. _938224
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _yTo 1775. _929177
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1775-1783. _923797
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