Imaginary Friendship in the American Revolution John Adams and Jonathan Sewall

This book is a microhistory of how friendship operated in the American Revolution. It explores the friendship of two political adversaries whose careers coincided with and were shaped by the escalating imperial crisis of 1760-75: the Patriot and future US president John Adams and the prominent Loyalist Jonathan Sewall.

Info autore

Colin Nicolson is Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling.

Owen Dudley Edwards is an Irish historian and former Reader in Commonwealth and American History at the University of Edinburgh.

Riassunto

This book is a microhistory of how friendship operated in the American Revolution. It explores the friendship of two political adversaries whose careers coincided with and were shaped by the escalating imperial crisis of 1760-75: the Patriot and future US president John Adams and the prominent Loyalist Jonathan Sewall.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Colin Nicolson, Owen Dudley Edwards, Colin Dudley Edwards Nicolson, Owen Dudley Edwards, Nicolson Colin, Colin (University of Stirling Nicolson
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2020
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780367664350
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66435-0
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Serie: Perspectives on Early America
• Categorie: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, political discourse analysis, eighteenth-century legal history, Colonial American politics, transatlantic political relationships research, literary influence in history, revolutionary era biography, Loyalist Patriot conflict