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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
030774177X
ISBN-13
9780307741776
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038261987
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empire on the Edge : How Britain Came to Fight America
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), International Relations / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Genre
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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1 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
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Winner of the 2015 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award Shortlisted for the 2015 George Washington Prize "[A] bracing gallop through the three years leading up to the 'shot heard round the world.'. . . A broad and telling portrait." -- The Wall Street Journal "Absorbing and detailed. . . . Bunker's narrative is human and even-handed; and from the Boston harbourside to the salons of London, a complex and epic tale is told with colour and enthusiasm." -- The Sunday Telegraph (London) "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Foreign Affairs "A joy. . . . An exciting backstage look at the events that caused the American Revolution. . . . [and] an excellent analysis of the situation in the American colonies and Great Britain in the 18th century." -- New York Journal of Books "Nearly two and a half centuries after the fact, it would seem all but impossible to shed fresh light and insight into the origins of the American Revolution. And yet, this is precisely what journalist-turned-financial analyst-turned-historian Nick Bunker has accomplished in a majestic new study of the events leading up to shots being fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775." -- The Manchester Journal "Highly recommended." --Andrew Lambert, BBC History Magazine "A nuanced global analysis of Britain's failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . . riveting. . . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed review) "An eye-opening study of the British view of the American Revolution and why they were crazy to fight it. . . . the failure of British leadership to recognize the warning signs will astonish readers who thought the Revolution was just about tea. A scholarly yet page-turning, superbly written history." -- Kirkus (starred review) "[An] enthralling examination of the three years leading up to the American Revolution. . . . Bunker sets the story in its global context. However, he is also good at zeroing in on the local and unfamiliar." -- The Times (London) "Utterly absorbing and full of colour, we learn afresh what a mess Britain made of leaving America and, crucially and importantly, how that mess shaped the American psyche." --Justin Webb, presenter, BBC Today Programme "Bunker's is a fascinating historical account, with implications that go beyond its subject matter into the question of how empire-building works--or doesn't." -- The Columbus Dispatch "Nick Bunker dazzles the reader with a deeply researched and clear-eyed accounting of the dissolution of the mighty--but woefully overextended--British Empire, and in particular its 13 colonies in North America. Bunker's mellifluous prose fairly jumps off the page, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into this intricate and fascinating tale." --William D. Cohan , "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Foreign Affairs "[A] bracing gallop through the three years leading up to the 'shot heard round the world' at Lexington, Mass., in April 1775. Mr. Bunker provides an especially lucid portrait of the woes of the East India Co., a privately owned company so closely connected to the political elite that it effectively functioned as an instrument of British state power." -- The Wall Street Journal "Bunker's is a fascinating historical account, with implications that go beyond its subject matter into the question of how empire-building works -- or doesn't." -- The Columbus Dispatch "Nearly two and a half centuries after the fact, it would seem all but impossible to shed fresh light and insight into the origins of the American Revolution. And yet, this is precisely what journalist-turned-financial analyst-turned-historian Nick Bunker has accomplished in a majestic new study of the events leading up to shots being fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775." -- The Manchester Journal "A nuanced global analysis of Britain's failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . . riveting. . . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed review) "An eye-opening study of the British view of the American Revolution and why they were crazy to fight it. . . . the failure of British leadership to recognize the warning signs will astonish readers who thought the Revolution was just about tea. A scholarly yet page-turning, superbly written history." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Nick Bunker dazzles the reader with a deeply researched and clear-eyed accounting of the dissolution of the mighty--but woefully overextended--British Empire, and in particular its 13 colonies in North America. Bunker's mellifluous prose fairly jumps off the page, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into this intricate and fascinating tale." --William D. Cohan From the Hardcover edition., "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year (Honorable Mention) "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Foreign Affairs "[A] bracing gallop through the three years leading up to the 'shot heard round the world' at Lexington, Mass., in April 1775. Mr. Bunker provides an especially lucid portrait of the woes of the East India Co., a privately owned company so closely connected to the political elite that it effectively functioned as an instrument of British state power." -- The Wall Street Journal "Bunker's is a fascinating historical account, with implications that go beyond its subject matter into the question of how empire-building works -- or doesn't." -- The Columbus Dispatch "Utterly absorbing and full of colour, we learn afresh what a mess Britain made of leaving America and, crucially and importantly, how that mess shaped the American psyche." --Justin Webb, The Today Programme (BBC) "Nearly two and a half centuries after the fact, it would seem all but impossible to shed fresh light and insight into the origins of the American Revolution. And yet, this is precisely what journalist-turned-financial analyst-turned-historian Nick Bunker has accomplished in a majestic new study of the events leading up to shots being fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775." -- The Manchester Journal "A nuanced global analysis of Britain's failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . . riveting. . . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed review) "An eye-opening study of the British view of the American Revolution and why they were crazy to fight it. . . . the failure of British leadership to recognize the warning signs will astonish readers who thought the Revolution was just about tea. A scholarly yet page-turning, superbly written history." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Nick Bunker dazzles the reader with a deeply researched and clear-eyed accounting of the dissolution of the mighty--but woefully overextended--British Empire, and in particular its 13 colonies in North America. Bunker's mellifluous prose fairly jumps off the page, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into this intricate and fascinating tale." --William D. Cohan From the Hardcover edition., "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year (Honorable Mention) "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Foreign Affairs "[A] bracing gallop through the three years leading up to the 'shot heard round the world' at Lexington, Mass., in April 1775. Mr. Bunker provides an especially lucid portrait of the woes of the East India Co., a privately owned company so closely connected to the political elite that it effectively functioned as an instrument of British state power." -- The Wall Street Journal "Lively, well-researched and replete with many unexpected twists and turns, "Empire on the Edge" succeeds in deepening our understanding of a war Bunker clearly believes the British should never have fought." --Rosemary Michaud, The Post and Courier "Bunker's is a fascinating historical account, with implications that go beyond its subject matter into the question of how empire-building works -- or doesn't." -- The Columbus Dispatch "Utterly absorbing and full of colour, we learn afresh what a mess Britain made of leaving America and, crucially and importantly, how that mess shaped the American psyche." --Justin Webb, The Today Programme (BBC) "Nearly two and a half centuries after the fact, it would seem all but impossible to shed fresh light and insight into the origins of the American Revolution. And yet, this is precisely what journalist-turned-financial analyst-turned-historian Nick Bunker has accomplished in a majestic new study of the events leading up to shots being fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775." -- The Manchester Journal "A nuanced global analysis of Britain's failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . . riveting. . . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed review) "An eye-opening study of the British view of the American Revolution and why they were crazy to fight it. . . . the failure of British leadership to recognize the warning signs will astonish readers who thought the Revolution was just about tea. A scholarly yet page-turning, superbly written history." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Nick Bunker dazzles the reader with a deeply researched and clear-eyed accounting of the dissolution of the mighty--but woefully overextended--British Empire, and in particular its 13 colonies in North America. Bunker's mellifluous prose fairly jumps off the page, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into this intricate and fascinating tale." --William D. Cohan From the Hardcover edition., Winner of the 2015 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award Shortlisted for the 2015 George Washington Prize "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year (Honorable Mention) "Bunker's tightly argued and deeply researched book shows how a broader perspective can shed new light on even the most familiar events." -- Foreign Affairs "[A] bracing gallop through the three years leading up to the 'shot heard round the world' at Lexington, Mass., in April 1775. Mr. Bunker provides an especially lucid portrait of the woes of the East India Co., a privately owned company so closely connected to the political elite that it effectively functioned as an instrument of British state power." -- The Wall Street Journal "Absorbing and detailed. . . . Bunker's narrative is human and even-handed; and from the Boston harbourside to the salons of London, a complex and epic tale is told with colour and enthusiasm. It should even go down well in Boston." --Sinclair McKay, The Sunday Telegraph "Highly recommended." --Andrew Lambert, BBC History Magazine "Enthralling. . . . Bunker sets the story in its global context. However, he is also good at zeroing in on the local and unfamiliar." --Ben Wilson, The London Times "Lively, well-researched and replete with many unexpected twists and turns, "Empire on the Edge" succeeds in deepening our understanding of a war Bunker clearly believes the British should never have fought." --Rosemary Michaud, The Post and Courier "Bunker's is a fascinating historical account, with implications that go beyond its subject matter into the question of how empire-building works -- or doesn't." -- The Columbus Dispatch "Utterly absorbing and full of colour, we learn afresh what a mess Britain made of leaving America and, crucially and importantly, how that mess shaped the American psyche." --Justin Webb, The Today Programme (BBC) "Nearly two and a half centuries after the fact, it would seem all but impossible to shed fresh light and insight into the origins of the American Revolution. And yet, this is precisely what journalist-turned-financial analyst-turned-historian Nick Bunker has accomplished in a majestic new study of the events leading up to shots being fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775." -- The Manchester Journal "A nuanced global analysis of Britain's failure to hold onto its American colonies. . . . riveting. . . . With a sharp eye for economic realities, Bunker persuasively demonstrates why the American Revolution had to happen." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed review) "An eye-opening study of the British view of the American Revolution and why they were crazy to fight it. . . . the failure of British leadership to recognize the warning signs will astonish readers who thought the Revolution was just about tea. A scholarly yet page-turning, superbly written history." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Nick Bunker dazzles the reader with a deeply researched and clear-eyed accounting of the dissolution of the mighty--but woefully overextended--British Empire, and in particular its 13 colonies in North America. Bunker's mellifluous prose fairly jumps off the page, drawing the reader deeper and deeper into this intricate and fascinating tale." --William D. Cohan From the Hardcover edition.
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Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent. "A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the edges," observed Benjamin Franklin, shortly before the American Revolution. In An Empire on the Edge, British author Nick Bunker delivers a powerful and propulsive narrative of the road to war. At the heart of the book lies the Boston Tea Party, when the British stumbled into an unforeseen crisis that exposed deep flaws in an imperial system sprawling from the Mississippi to Bengal. Shedding new light on the Tea Party's origins and on the roles of such familiar characters as Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Hutchinson, and the British ministers Lord North and Lord Dartmouth, Bunker depicts the last three years of deepening anger on both sides of the Atlantic, culminating in the irreversible descent into revolution.
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