Crisis of Empire : Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century.

Crisis of Empire : Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century.

Britain and the USA have helped define much of world history in recent centuries, and the relationship between the two is crucial to this history. This book focuses on a key period in their relationship that moulded the character of the British Empire, the USA and the way the two have interacted sin...

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Main Author: Black, Jeremy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2010.
Subjects:
1600-1837
Diplomatic relations
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1714-1837.
Great Britain > History > 1714-1837.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Seventeenth-Century Background; 1 The Growth of British North America, 1700â#x80;#x93;38; 2 Imperial Rivalries, 1739â#x80;#x93;53; 3 The Defeat of France, 1754â#x80;#x93;60; 4 Gathering Crisis, 1760â#x80;#x93;74; 5 Civil War, 1775â#x80;#x93;8; 6 France and America Win, 1778â#x80;#x93;83; 7 After the Revolution; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Selected Further Reading; 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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