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British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / edited by Stephen Foster.

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford history of the British Empire companion seriesPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 365 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199206124 (hbk.)
  • 0199206120 (hbk.)
  • 9780198794653
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 970.02 FOS 23
LOC classification:
  • E45 .B75 2013
Contents:
Table of Contents List of Maps; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume, Stephen Foster; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview, Stephen Foster and Evan Haefeli; 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, Ken MacMillan; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism, Evan Haefeli; 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World, Jeremy Gregory; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765, Robert E. Desrochers, Jr.; 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies, Sarah Yeh; 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815, Troy Bickham; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration, Nancy L. Rhoden; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances, Daniel J. Hulsebosch; 11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire, Jay Sexton; Index
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Table of Contents
List of Maps;
List of Contributors;
Abbreviations;
1. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume, Stephen Foster;
2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview, Stephen Foster and Evan Haefeli;
3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, Ken MacMillan;
4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism, Evan Haefeli;
5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World, Jeremy Gregory;
6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765, Robert E. Desrochers, Jr.;
7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies, Sarah Yeh;
8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815, Troy Bickham;
9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration, Nancy L. Rhoden;
10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances, Daniel J. Hulsebosch;
11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire, Jay Sexton;
Index