Liberté, egalité, fraternité : the American revolution & the European response /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Toth, Charles W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Troy, NY : Whitston Publishing Co., 1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • The great inversion: America and Europe in the 18th century revolution / Robert Palmer
  • Mirage in the West: French philosophes rediscover America / Durand Echeverria
  • Sturm und Drang: German intellectuals and the American Revolution / Elisha Douglass
  • Merchant, gentry, and intellectual: British opinion and the American Revolution / J.H. Plumb
  • The Irish Revolutionary Movement and American Independence / Owen Dudley Edwards
  • Italy and the American Image in the 18th century / Antonio Pace
  • Pitt the Elder: liberty and empire in America / Stanley Ayling
  • Edmund Burke: advocate for American autonomy / Gerald Chapman
  • David Hartley: England's advocate of conciliation / George H. Guttridge
  • The American Revolution and the British Press / Solomon Lutnick
  • Franklin, Vergennes, and the Treaty of Alliance / Richard W. Van Alstyne
  • John Jay in Madrid: empire before independence / Richard B. Morris
  • Francis Dana and the Court of Catherine the Great / David M. Griffiths
  • "Militia diplomacy": John Adams invades the Netherlands / Jan W. Schulte Nordholt.
  • Tom Paine: "Godfather to America / David Freeman Hawke
  • Lafayette: from aristocratical freedom to American liberty / Lloyd S. Kramer
  • Kosciusko: hero of two worlds / Thomas Froncek
  • Rochambeau in America: "Old Papa" opts for Yorktown / Arnold Whitridge
  • Admiral De Grasse: savior of the revolution / Charles Lee Lewis
  • The war for independence and the "Gathering Storm" in Europe / Richard W. Van Alstyne
  • The Treaty of Paris: an international affair / Richard B. Morris
  • European expectations and the American response / Charles W. Toth.