Stated first printing (thus), previously released as part of a series on American history. Tight, flat, square, clean and sharp book with sunned spine, light edge wear. Torchbooks were designed as college level text books. 

A book about early America that is documented with severity, written with clarity, & marked by a measured, one might almost say Franklinian, affection for the old Empire. Analyzes the complex issues from 1763 to 1774 which led to the American Revolution and discusses British imperial responsibilities and Colonial nationalism.