000459671 000__ 03441cam\a2200469Ia\4500 000459671 001__ 459671 000459671 005__ 20210513161430.0 000459671 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000459671 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000459671 008__ 110901s2012\\\\mauab\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000459671 010__ $$z 2011035333 000459671 020__ $$a9780674065024$$qelectronic book 000459671 020__ $$z0674046080 000459671 020__ $$z9780674046085 000459671 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn794427992 000459671 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10568005 000459671 035__ $$a459671 000459671 037__ $$a0.4159/harvard.9780674065024$$bDOI 000459671 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 000459671 043__ $$aN-US$$5MVI 000459671 05014 $$aE249$$b.G68 2012eb 000459671 08204 $$a973.3/2$$223 000459671 1001_ $$aGould, Eliga H. 000459671 24510 $$aAmong the powers of the earth$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe American Revolution and the making of a new world empire /$$cEliga H. Gould. 000459671 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2012. 000459671 300__ $$a1 online resource (301 p.) :$$bill., maps. 000459671 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000459671 5050_ $$aIntroduction: a nation among nations -- On the margins of Europe -- The law of slavery -- Pax Britannica -- Independence -- A slaveholding republic -- The new world and the old -- Epilogue: Mr. Monroe's peace. 000459671 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000459671 520__ $$a"For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' Yet far from a straightforward attempt to be free of Old World laws and customs, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations as it existed in 1776. America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become a colonizing power itself. The Revolution was an international transformation of the first importance. To conform to the public law of Europe's imperial powers, Americans crafted a union nearly as centralized as the one they had overthrown, endured taxes heavier than any they had faced as British colonists, and remained entangled with European Atlantic empires long after the Revolution ended. No factor weighed more heavily on Americans than the legally plural Atlantic where they hoped to build their empire. Gould follows the region's transfiguration from a fluid periphery with its own rules and norms to a place where people of all descriptions were expected to abide by the laws of Western Europe -- 'civilized' laws that precluded neither slavery nor the dispossession of Native Americans."--Book jacket. 000459671 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000459671 650_0 $$aInternational relations$$zUnited States. 000459671 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$y1775-1783. 000459671 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$y1783-1815. 000459671 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xInternational status$$xHistory. 000459671 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1775-1783$$xInfluence. 000459671 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xTerritorial expansion. 000459671 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aGould, Eliga H.$$tAmong the powers of the earth.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012$$z9780674046085$$w(DLC) 2011035333$$w(OCoLC)748941753 000459671 85280 $$bebk$$hEbrary Academic Complete 000459671 85280 $$bebk$$hHarvard University Press 000459671 85640 $$3ebrary Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10568005$$zOnline Access 000459671 85640 $$3Harvard University Press$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065024$$zOnline Access 000459671 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:459671$$pGLOBAL_SET 000459671 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000459671 980__ $$aBIB 000459671 982__ $$aEbook 000459671 983__ $$aOnline