The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) - Softcover

Gruber, Ira D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807812293 ISBN 13: 9780807812297

Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 1974

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By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connections, their relationships with the British ministry, their attitude toward the Revolution, and their military activities in America, Gruber answers the frequently asked question of why the British failed to end the American Revolution in its early years. This book supersedes earlier studies because of its broader research and because it elucidates the complex personal interplay between Whitehall and its commanders. Originally published in 1974. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value. |The fight for workers' rights meets the environmental movement in this imaginative study. Chad Montrie offers six case studies to show how increasingly organized and mechanized production drove a wedge between workers and nature--and how workers fought back. Workers' resistance not only addressed wages and conditions, he argues, but also planted the seeds of environmental reform and environmental justice activism. Workers played a critical role in raising popular consciousness, pioneering strategies for enacting environmental regulatory policy, and initiating militant local protest.

Biografía del autor

Ira D. Gruber is Harris Masterson Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at Rice University. From 1966 to 2009 he taught courses in early American and military history at Rice, the U.S. Military Academy, and the U.S. Army Staff College.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0807812293
• ISBN 13: 9780807812297
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 411