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Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence
Justin Du Rivage
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Description for Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence
Hardback. A bold transatlantic history of American independence revealing that 1776 was about far more than taxation without representation Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 396 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
A bold transatlantic history of American independence revealing that 1776 was about far more than taxation without representation Revolution Against Empire sets the story of American independence within a long and fierce clash over the political and economic future of the British Empire. Justin du Rivage traces this decades-long debate, which pitted neighbors and countrymen against one another, from the War of Austrian Succession to the end of the American Revolution. As people from Boston to Bengal grappled with the growing burdens of imperial rivalry and fantastically expensive warfare, some argued ... Read more
A bold transatlantic history of American independence revealing that 1776 was about far more than taxation without representation Revolution Against Empire sets the story of American independence within a long and fierce clash over the political and economic future of the British Empire. Justin du Rivage traces this decades-long debate, which pitted neighbors and countrymen against one another, from the War of Austrian Succession to the end of the American Revolution. As people from Boston to Bengal grappled with the growing burdens of imperial rivalry and fantastically expensive warfare, some argued ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300214246
SKU
V9780300214246
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About Justin Du Rivage
Justin du Rivage received his Ph.D. from Yale and previously taught early American history at Stanford.
Reviews for Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence
Revolution Against Empire re-situates the Revolution not as a colonial rebellion against the mother country but as one episode in a much larger political quarrel that swept the British Empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. -New Yorker Finalist for the Sally and Morris Lasky prize, established by the Center for Political History at Lebanon Valley College, ... Read more