American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804

The ebook (and the original) lack a detailed Table of Contents . The TOC lists only Chapter headings and is without sub-headings. Chapters are long and contain material that may not be anticipated by the one word chapter heading. While footnotes are hypertext linked, the Index is not dynamically linked. The index displays the associated page numbers. As the ebook page numbering has been lost, the Index becomes worthless. One would need to use the Search function to locate any entry. Even in print, the Index would not be very useful as it contains only one entry level. For example 'George Washington' is listed 21 times in the Index. Without a second level of entry, one doesn't know whether a particular entry refers to 'land speculation' or 'military campaigns'. The fact that the publisher is complacent in advising ebook users to use a search function as an index substitute implies that the index may have been assembled by a machine instead of a human. Without human involvement some index entries may be trivial. The book is large and complex; and without a good index or detailed table of contents it becomes cumbersome. I'd recommend extensive highlighting as you read so that your notes can supplement the text. Writing style is concise and neat. Some obvious prejudices remain: the book has a chapter titled 'Slaves' but no chapter titled 'Indians' or 'First Nations'.