A Rope of Sand: The Colonial Agents, British Politics, and the American Revolution

Michael G. Kammen

Cornell University Press, 1968 - History - 349 pages

Contents

• A Profile of the Agency 17561766: 16
• The Agents and Their Constituents: 39
• The Agents and Colonial Administration: 57

About the author

Michael Gedaliah Kammen was born in Rochester, New York on October 25, 1936. He received a bachelor's degree in history from George Washington University and master's and doctoral degrees in history from Harvard University. He was a professor of American history and culture at Cornell University since 1965. He wrote numerous books including A Season of Youth, A Machine That Would Go of Itself, Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture, Visual Shock, and Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials. He received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for history for People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization. He died on November 29, 2013 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Rope of Sand: The Colonial Agents, British Politics, and the American Revolution
• Author: Michael G. Kammen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1968
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 18, 2008
• ISBN: 0801402220, 9780801402227
• Length: 349 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism