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Book SynopsisUntil relatively recently, the connection between British imperial history and the history of early America was taken for granted. In recent times, however, early American historiography has begun to suffer from a loss of coherent definition as competing manifestos demand this or that reordering of the subject in order to combine time periods and geographical areas in ways that would have previously seemed anomalous. It has become common place to announce that the history of America is best accounted for in America itself in a three-way melee between settlers, the indigenous populations, and the forcibly transported African slaves and their creole descendants.The contributions to British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries acknowledge the value of the historiographic work done under this new dispensation in the last two decades and incorporate its insights. However, the volume advocates a pluralistic approach to the subject generally and attempts to demonstrate th
Trade Reviewthis collection is a joy and a wonder ... Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
will be a stock feature of undergraduate and graduate reading lists for some time to come. * Simon Middleton, English Historical Review *
every essay is excellent * Steven Sarson, American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsList of Maps ; List of Contributors ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume ; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview ; 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century ; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism ; 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World ; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 ; 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies ; 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1783 ; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration ; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances ; 11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire ; Index
