Persistence of Empire British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution

Name: Persistence of Empire British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution
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ISBN: 9780807848463

ISBN-10: 0807848468

ISBN-13: 9780807848463

Edition: 2000

Authors: Eliga H. Gould

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The American Revolution was the longest colonial war in modern British history and Britain's most humiliating defeat as an imperial power. In this lively, concise book, Eliga Gould examines an important yet surprisingly understudied aspect of the conflict: the British public's predominantly loyal response to its government's actions in North America. Gould attributes British support for George III's American policies to a combination of factors, including growing isolationism in regard to the European continent and a burgeoning sense of the colonies as integral parts of a greater British nation. Most important, he argues, the British public accepted such ill-conceived projects as the Stamp…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Eliga H. Gould is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire.



Preface


List of Maps and Illustrations


Introduction



An Empire of Liberty: Whig Identity in the Reign of George II



Maintaining the Balance of Power



A Matchless Constitution



The Liberties of Britain and Europe



The Blue Water Vision: British Imperialism and the Seven Years' War



"The Sepulchre of British Interest"



Oceans, Indians, and Colonists



The Legacy of William Pitt



Patriotism Established: The Creation of a "National Militia" in England



The Power of Popularity



The Militia Riots of 1757



The Price of Victory



The Nation Abroad: The Atlantic Debate over Colonial Taxation



The Origins of the Stamp Act (1765)



An American Theory of Empire



The Plunge of Lemmings



The Revolution in British Patriotism: The Friends of Government and the Friends of America



Ambivalent Patriots



The County Associations (1780)



A People above Reproach



The Experience of Defeat: The British Legacy of the American Revolution



The Limits of Greater Britain



"The Isle of Liberty and Peace"



A Multiracial Empire


Bibliography


Index