The Peacemakers: The Great Powers and American Independence

An in-depth, scholarly study of the lengthy negotiations that brought peace to the thirteen rebellious American Colonies.
Author Richard Brandon Morris (1904 - 1989) was an American historian best known for his pioneering work in Colonial American legal history and the early history of American labor. In later years, he shifted his research interests to the constitutional, diplomatic, and political history of the American Revolution and the making of the U.S. Constitution. He was a professor of American History at Columbia University.
Illustrated with more than 30 black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps and drawings.
Contains Text of the Definitive Treaty of Peace (Paris, 1783)
Includes Bibliographical Notes and Index.