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Looking beyond the grievances that led to war, and the actual war itself, this dictionary particularly brings into focus the subsequent period of trial and error, when success was far from certain and failure could never be ruled out. It was the period that runs roughly from 1763 to 1789 in which the thirteen states and those that followed were actually welded into the United States of America. Authoritative information about this period is presented through a chronology of events and a comprehensive introduction followed by several hundred detailed entries on important persons, places, events, institutions and other topics

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The gem is the excellent, well-organized bibliography, which makes the dictionary an outstanding research tool....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers. * CHOICE * This work is a well-researched volume. * American Reference Books Annual * Entries are concise and many are very good... * American Reference Books Annual * Mays (political science, The Citadel, South Carolina) covers not just the war of independence, but the political and social changes that led to it beginning in 1763, and the period between the end of hostilities and the implementation of the Constitution in 1789. In entries ranging from a sentence or two to the rare two pages, he identifies people, events, places, laws, institutions, and movements. His emphasis is on political, economic, and social issues; though some military matters are mentioned, he refers readers to more detailed military coverage in his Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution (1999). He includes extensive cross-referencing, but no index. * Reference and Research Book News *

The gem is the excellent, well-organized bibliography, which makes the dictionary an outstanding research tool...Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers. Choice This work is a well-researched volume. Arba Entries are concise and many are very good... Reference Reviews Mays (political science, The Citadel, South Carolina) covers not just the war of independence, but the political and social changes that led to it beginning in 1763, and the period between the end of hostilities and the implementation of the Constitution in 1789. In entries ranging from a sentence or two to the rare two pages, he identifies people, events, places, laws, institutions, and movements. His emphasis is on political, economic, and social issues; though some military matters are mentioned, he refers readers to more detailed military coverage in his Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution (1999). He includes extensive cross-referencing, but no index. Reference and Research Book News

The gem is the excellent, well-organized bibliography, which makes the dictionary an outstanding research tool...Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers. CHOICE This work is a well-researched volume. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) Entries are concise and many are very good... Reference Reviews Mays (political science, The Citadel, South Carolina) covers not just the war of independence, but the political and social changes that led to it beginning in 1763, and the period between the end of hostilities and the implementation of the Constitution in 1789. In entries ranging from a sentence or two to the rare two pages, he identifies people, events, places, laws, institutions, and movements. His emphasis is on political, economic, and social issues; though some military matters are mentioned, he refers readers to more detailed military coverage in his Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution (1999). He includes extensive cross-referencing, but no index. Reference and Research Book News

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Terry M. Mays is an associate professor at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Mays is also the author of the Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping and Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution, which this dictionary was designed to complement, as well as co-author of the Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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