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Revolution against empire : taxes, politics, and the origins of American independence
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Revolution against empire : taxes, politics, and the origins of American independence / Justine du Rivage.
ISBN
9780300214246
0300214243
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xviii, 371 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Variant and related titles
Taxes, politics, and the origins of American independence.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2017
Series
Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Enlightened empire?
Britain's controversial empire
Taxing America
The Seven Years' War and the politics of empire
The rise and fall of the Stamp Act
Britain's authoritarian ascendancy
Sons of liberty, sons of licentiousness
English blood by English hands
Conclusion: Republican empire.
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