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One difficulty in writing a balanced history of the American
Revolution arises in part from its success as a creator of our
nation and our nationalistic sentiment. Unlike the Civil War,
unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution produced no
lingering social trauma in the United States-it is a historic event
widely applauded by Americans today as both necessary and
desirable. But one consequence of this happy unanimity is that the
chief losers of the War of Independence-the American Loyalists-have
fared badly at the hands of historians. This explains, in part, why
the account of the Revolution recorded by self-professed Loyalist
and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, Peter
Oliver, has heretofore been so routinely overlooked. Oliver's
manuscript, entitled "The Origins & Progress of the American
Rebellion," written in 1781, challenges the motives of the founding
fathers, and depicts the revolution as passion, plotting, and
violence. His descriptions of the leaders of the patriot party, of
their program and motives, are unforgiving, bitter, and inevitably
partisan. But it records the impressions of one who had experienced
these events, knew most of the combatants intimately, and saw the
collapse of the society he had lived in. His history is a very
important contemporary account of the origins of the revolution in
Massachusetts, and is now presented here in it entirety for the
first time.
The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution provides an ideal
first stop for Canadians and non-Canadians seeking a clear,
concise, and authoritative account of Canadian constitutional law.
The Handbook is divided into six parts: Constitutional History,
Institutions and Constitutional Change, Aboriginal Peoples and the
Canadian Constitution, Federalism, Rights and Freedoms, and
Constitutional Theory. Readers of this Handbook will discover some
of the distinctive features of the Canadian constitution: for
example, the importance of Indigenous peoples and legal systems,
the long-standing presence of a French-speaking population, French
civil law and Quebec, the British constitutional heritage, the
choice of federalism, as well as the newer features, most notably
the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section Thirty-Five
regarding Aboriginal rights and treaties, and the procedures for
constitutional amendment. The Handbook provides a remarkable
resource for comparativists at a time when the Canadian
constitution is a frequent topic of constitutional commentary. The
Handbook offers a vital account of constitutional challenges and
opportunities at the time of the 150th anniversary of
Confederation.
Der Leser erhalt einen differenzierten und umfassenden Einblick in
die Charakteristika elektronischer Markte. Im Mittelpunkt steht die
Analyse der im Electronic Commerce relevanten Erfolgsfaktoren."
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Cold Cocked (Paperback)
David Owain Hughes, Peter Oliver Wonder; Edited by Jonathan Edward Ondrashek
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