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001			on1244620150
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105152.0
008			210403s2021 vauab ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781469662596 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aE209 _b.T457 2021
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aParkinson, Robert G., _e1
245	1	0	_aThirteen clocks : _bhow race united the colonies and made the Declaration of Independence / _cRobert G. Parkinson.
246	3		_a13 clocks
300			_a1 online resource (xxi, 232 pages) : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aNewspapers on the eve of the Revolutionary War -- _tThe long odds against American unity in the 1770s -- _tThe "shot heard round the world" revisited -- _t"Britain has found means to unite us" -- _tA rolling snowball -- _tMerciless savages, domestic insurrectionists. and foreign mercenaries.
520	0		_a"In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July 1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how did these American colonies overcome long odds to create a durable union capable of declaring independence from Britain? In this powerful new history of the fifteen tense months that culminated in the Declaration of Independence, Robert G. Parkinson provides a troubling answer: racial fear. Tracing the circulation of information in the colonial news systems that linked patriot leaders and average colonists, Parkinson reveals how the system's participants constructed a compelling drama featuring virtuous men who suddenly found themselves threatened by ruthless Indians and defiant slaves acting on behalf of the king. Parkinson argues that patriot leaders used racial prejudices to persuade Americans to declare independence. Between the Revolutionary War's start at Lexington and the Declaration, they broadcast any news they could find about Native Americans, enslaved Blacks, and Hessian mercenaries working with their British enemies. American independence thus owed less to the love of liberty than to the exploitation of colonial fears about race. Thirteen Clocks offers an accessible history of the Revolution that uncovers the uncomfortable origins of the republic even as it speaks to our own moment"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aRacism _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2898128&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell