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		The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution by Ian Barnes ISBN-10: 0415922437 ISBN-10: 0-415-92243-7 ISBN-13: 9780415922432 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92243-2 Hardcover 2000-06 Routledge Find Lowest Price
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Product Description "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states." (from The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776) By the mid-1700s substantial differences in life, thought, and interests had developed between the British North American Colonies and the mother country. A distinctly American way of life was rapidly developing. In a few years a new nation would be born and the reverberations from the ensuing conflict would be felt throughout the Western world. Detailing the entire history of the struggle for independence, from Colonial governments to the early days of the American Republic, The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution uses full-color maps and vivid illustrations in two-page spreads to tell the story of the founding of the United States of America. The book focuses in large part on the land and sea battles of the Revolutionary War, butattention is also paid to the society at large and the international impact of the war for independence. Coverage includes: The French and Indian War George Washington in the West Native Americans before the War of Independence Lexington and Concord Saratoga Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Guilford Courthouse Battle of Yorktown Spanish Operations in the South and West African Americans in the new republic The Constitution Foreign Policy after the War The Emergence of King Cotton This large, beautifully illustrated, historically authoritative book explores these momentous events in an eminently readable and visually stunning manner. The book's consulting editor, renowned historian Charles Royster, also contributes a foreword. Also includes 70 color maps and illustrations.
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A Sloppily Prepared Book Instead of heeding the comments of earlier reviewers, I bought this book. It was a case of hope trumping good sense and I made a mistake. I admit it. My objections to the book's quality and accuracy agree with all those before me who gave it poor reviews. Here are some other examples the reviewers might have warned about: 1) Though this book is titled "The Historical Atlas of the American Revolution", there are maps and articles for periods and events beyond the geographic and temporal scope of the revolution. The space could have been better devoted to the revolution; 2) H. Charles McBarron's picture of the Battle of Guildford Courthouse is captioned as being a painting by Howard Pyle that shows the American line at Bunker Hill; 3) There's no map for the important Battle of Long Island; 4) The map for First Battle of Trenton is grossly inaccurate. It shows large numbers of Hessians seemingly escaping to the east while ignoring American envelopment of the Hessians south and east of Trenton; and 5) There's no overview map for the southern campaigns. I could go on but why waste good time on a poor book?
Wonderful maps but needs work For all its many flaws I rather enjoyed this little book simply because there are hardly any books on the revolution that cover as much. Imagine, Americans have hardly much to read for to understand the war that made them a nation. What little it gives does have informative use.
Nice maps...somewhat inaccurate history I have been looking for a book like this for some time and I was indeed pleased with much of what this one has to offer. However, as mentioned by several other reviewers, the text and the maps often don't seem to go together with the text often omitting information that is displayed on the maps. My biggest problem with the book stems from several glaring errors in the history being presented. For example, the Battle of Fort Necessity is presented in the section about King George's War instead of the French and Indian War where it should be. Also, several maps show errors in locating certain places and events, such as showing Forts Presque Isle and Le Boeuf on maps pertaining to a time period before they even existed. It may not be a big deal, but the little things they get wrong do tend to annoy at times. Otherwise it is indeed a very nicely illustrated book with informative and colorful maps to help visualize the many locations and events presented.
terrible book Just an example of this book's accuracy: a picture of the battle of Bunker Hill shows cavalry as well as uniformed Continentals.
A Horrible Disappointment In the middle of reading a wonderful book on the American Revolution recently (Setting the World Ablaze--Washington, Adams, Jefferson and the American Revolution) I found myself wanting more geographic details than my modern atlas provided, so I sent off for the newly published Historical Atlas of the American Revolution.What a waste of money and fine printing. The format of the book is generally to have a two-page spread on each topic with copy (plus some inane, barely relevant graphic) on the left and a map on the right. Good idea, bad realization. The person who wrote the boring, stiff, choppy copy apparently never talked to the person who did the maps. As a result sometimes the words are relevant to the maps and sometimes not. For instance, the spread on Density of Population Settlement has a rambling, oblique discussion of settlement, while the map shows areas settled by 1700, 1740, and 1760. I guess we are to assume that the areas settled the longest are the densest, but that is hardly enlightening. It also shows two mysterious areas to the west of Virginia labeled Vandalia and Transylvania, but there is nary a word in the book about either. Even when the copy is somewhat germane to the map at hand there are maddening lapses. For instance, the spread entitled King George's War discusses its European causes and events in Nova Scotia, but ignores George Washington and his capture at Fort Necessity (though the map does show it). But this map, and all the others I looked at have glaring omissions. The copy mentions the Mohawk Indians but they're not shown on the map. That might be ok if you knew the Mohawks were part of the Iriquois which are listed. Likewise the Cherokee nation country is mentioned in the copy but not listed on the map; ditto the Ohio Valley. This goes on and on. As I said before, it's like the writer and cartographer never met or talked. A good editor should have straightened that out. Maybe there was no editor. I quit reading after I got to the battle of Lexingon and Concord and the text mentioned, but the map left out, Punkatasset Hill and Harvard College. Perhaps it got better later on. But, for 40 bucks I expected something a lot more accurate, exciting and informative.

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