{"product_id":"an-empire-divided-9780812217322","title":"An Empire Divided","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact... Highly recommended.\"-Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best word on a subject basic to American and Caribbean history.\" * \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"O'Shaughnessy demonstrates in compelling detail and strong narrative why understanding the West Indies during the American Revolution is important to understanding the Revolution itself.\" * Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Immensely significant.\" * John J. McCusker, Trinity University *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will enrich debates not only about white society in the West Indies or about the scope of the American Revolution but also about the nature of the British Atlantic world of the eighteenth century.\" * Peter J. Marshall, King's College, London *\u003cbr\u003e\"A well-organized, thought-provoking, masterly narrative history.\" * \u003ci\u003eMilitary Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Succeeds admirably in restoring the British West Indies to its central place within the war that divided an empire.\" * \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"O'Shaughnessy's fine book is to be recommended to all who are interested in the American Revolution and in the political contours of the British Atlantic empire.\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and U.S. history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact. . . . Highly recommended.\" * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Maps: The Greater Antilles\u003cbr\u003e Maps: The Lesser Antilles\u003cbr\u003e PT. I. FOUNDATIONS OF LOYALTY\u003cbr\u003e 1. British Sojourners\u003cbr\u003e 2. Black Majorities\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Sugar Islands\u003cbr\u003e PT. II. DIVERGENT PATHS\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sons of Liberty?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Winning the Initiative\u003cbr\u003e PT. III. THE IMPERIAL CIVIL WAR\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Crisis of American Independence\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Groans of the Plantations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rule Britannia\u003cbr\u003e PT. IV. THE DIVISION OF BRITISH AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Other Road to Yorktown\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Revolutionary Legacy\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405692412247,"sku":"9780812217322","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812217322.jpg?v=1730493297","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-empire-divided-9780812217322","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}