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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HISTORY AND LEGAL STUDIES AND MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW CO-HOST FREE BOOK TALK BY PROFESSOR ELIGA GOULD, AUTHOR OF "Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire"

SALEM, NH --  Award-winning Historian, Dr. Eliga Gould (University of New Hampshire) will present a talk based on his recent book, Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire. This book is the recipient of several awards, including The Library Journal’s2012 Best Book honor, the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic’s 2013 Best Book Prize, and was also a finalist for the 2013 George Washington Book Prize.

The talk will be held at the Massachusetts School of Law, 500 Federal Street, Andover, MA on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.   Copies of Gould's book will be available for sale.

 

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From the front flap:

“As Eliga Gould shows in this reappraisal of American history, the Revolution was an international transformation of the first importance. To conform to the public law of Europe’s imperial powers, Americans crafted a union nearly as centralized as the one they had overthrown, endured taxes heavier than any they had faced as British colonists, and remained entangled with European Atlantic empires long after the Revolution ended.”

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Eliga Gould (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins) is Professor and Chair of History at the University of New Hampshire at Durham. He specializes in Colonial, Revolutionary and Early Atlantic History. His first book, The Persistence of Empire, won the 2000 Jamestown Prize from the Omohundro Institute.

 

This talk is sponsored by the American College of History and Legal Studies (www.achls.org), and hosted by the Massachusetts School of Law at 500 Federal Street, Andover, MA, in the Law School’s Old Courtroom. It is Freeand Open to the Public. Light refreshments served. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. RSVPs and inquiries should be directed to Dr. Jessica Parr, Professor and Chair of History (jessica.parr@achls.org) or 603-458-5145 x 10. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by 11 October.

 


 The American College of History and Legal Studies (www.achls.org) was created by the Massachusetts School of Law (www.mslaw.edu).  An affordable “completion” college offering the junior and senior years of undergraduate study toward a bachelor’s degree in history and legal studies, ACHLS also offers an "Early Admission To Law School" program in conjunction with the Massachusetts School of Law.   Like its sister school MSL, all classes at ACHLS are taught exclusively using the discussion (not lecture) method of teaching.  Evening classes are available.  To schedule a visit, request information, or apply, visit www.achls.org, email info@achls.org or call 603.458.5145.

 

 

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