Historical Dictionary Of Revolutionary America

Informationen zum Autor Terry M. Mays is an associate professor at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Mays is also the author of the Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping and Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution, which this dictionary was designed to complement, as well as co-author of the Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Klappentext Not just about the grievances that led to war nor the actual war itself, but more particularly the subsequent period of trial and error in which the thirteen states and those that followed were welded into the United States of America. In addition to the over 1100 dictionary entries on significant people and political, economic, and social events of the era, appendixes documenting the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, as well as listing all the Presidents of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, are included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Chronology Part 4 Introduction Part 5 THE DICTIONARY Part 6 Appendixes Chapter 7 A. Signers of the Articles of Confederation Chapter 8 B. Constitutional Convention of 1787 Attendees Chapter 9 C. Signers of the Declaration of Independence Chapter 10 D. Presidents of Congress Part 11 Bibliography Part 12 About the Author

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Terry M. Mays
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.07.2005
• EAN: 9780810853898
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-5389-8
• Seiten: 379
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Serien: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras; Historical Dictionaries of U.S; Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges