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035			_a(OCoLC)866837198
050	0	0	_aE210 _b.B94 2014
082	0	0	_a973.3 _223
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100	1		_aBunker, Nick.
245	1	3	_aAn empire on the edge : _bhow Britain came to fight America / _cNick Bunker.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2014.
300			_ax, 429 pages : _bmap ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a
520			_aA British-perspective chronicle of the Boston Tea Party and other events that led up to the American Revolution traces three years of volatile politics, personalities and economics on both sides of the conflict.
520			_aDrawing on careful study of primary sources from Britain and the United States, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few welcomed but nobody could prevent. British author Nick Bunker tells the story of the last three years of mutual embitterment that preceded the outbreak of America's war for independence, also shedding new light on the roles of such familiar characters as Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Hutchinson. It was a tragedy of errors, in which both sides shared responsibility: the British and the colonists failed to see how swiftly they were drifting toward violence until the process had gone beyond the point of no return. By the early 1770s, Great Britain had become addicted to financial speculation, led by a political elite increasingly baffled by a changing world. When the East India Company came close to collapse, it patched together a rescue plan whose disastrous side effect was the destruction of some tea. With lawyers in London calling the Tea Party treason, the British opted for punitive reprisals without foreseeing the resistance they would arouse, while Americans underestimated Britain's determination not to give way. By the summer of 1774, the descent into war had become irreversible.--From publisher description.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xCauses.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
650		0	_aBoston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.
611	2	7	_aAmerican Revolution (1775-1783) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01351668
611	2	7	_aBoston Tea Party (Massachusetts : 1773) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01802011
650		7	_aInternational relations. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00977053
651		7	_aGreat Britain. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204623
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648		7	_a1600 - 1783 _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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