In a Defiant Stance: The Conditions of Law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish Comparison, and the Coming of the American Revolution
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The minimum of violence accompanying the success of the American Revolution resulted in large part, argues this book, from the conditions of law the British allowed in the American colonies. By contrast, Ireland's struggle for independence was prolonged, bloody, and bitter largely because of the repressive conditions of law imposed by Britain. Examining the most rebellious American colony, Massachusetts Bay, Professor Reid finds that law was locally...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0271022779
ISBN13:9780271022772
Release Date:September 1977
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:236 Pages
Weight:0.81 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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