Contents
1. The British Isles and the American colonies: Great Britain and Ireland, 1748-1754. - 2. The British Isles and the American colonies: the southern plantations,1748-1754. - 3. The British Isles and the American colonies: the northern plantations, 1748-1754. - 4. Zones of international friction: North America, south of the Great Lakes region, 1748-1754. - 5. Zones of international friction: the Great Lakes frontier, Canada, the West Indies, India, 1748-1754. - 6. The great war for the Empire: the years of defeat, 1754-1757. - 7. The great war for the Empire: the victorious year, 1758-1760. - 8. The great war for the Empire: the culmination, 1760-1763. - 9. The triumphant Empire: new responsibilities within the enlarged Empire, 1763-1766. - 10. The triumphant Empire: thunder-clouds gather in the West, 1763-1766. - 11. The triumphant empire: the rumbling of the coming storm, 1766-1770. - 12. The triumphant Empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776. - 13. The triumphant Empire: Part I, The Empire beyond