Format:
1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:
9781469603490
Series Statement:
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- One. An Empire of Liberty: Whig Identity in the Reign of George II -- I. Maintaining the Balance of Power -- II. A Matchless Constitution -- III. The Liberties of Britain and Europe -- Two. The Blue Water Vision: British Imperialism and the Seven Years' War -- I. ''The Sepulchre of British Interest'' -- II. Oceans, Indians, and Colonists -- III. The Legacy of William Pitt -- Three. Patriotism Established: The Creation of a ''National Militia'' in England -- I. The Power of Popularity -- II. The Militia Riots of 1757 -- III. The Price of Victory -- Four. The Nation Abroad: The Atlantic Debate over Colonial Taxation -- I. The Origins of the Stamp Act (1765) -- II. An American Theory of Empire -- III. The Plunge of Lemmings -- Five. The Revolution in British Patriotism: The Friends of Government and the Friends of America -- I. Ambivalent Patriots -- II. The County Associations (1780) -- III. A People above Reproach -- Six. The Experience of Defeat: The British Legacy of the American Revolution -- I. The Limits of Greater Britain -- II. ''The Isle of Liberty and Peace'' -- III. A Multiracial Empire -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807825297
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780807825297
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4322025
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