An Imperial State at War
An Imperial State at War

Author: Lawrence Stone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1134546025

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The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire.

The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I
The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I

Author: Jack P Greene

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-05-30

Total Pages: 1088

ISBN-13: 1000173321

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This first part of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 to 1764.

The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I Vol 1
The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I Vol 1

Author: Steven Sarson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1000161889

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This first part of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 to 1764.

The American Revolution, 1763-1783
The American Revolution, 1763-1783

Author: Herbert Aptheker

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780717800056

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The causes of the Revolution, popular participation, the cancer of slavery; military and world aspects.

Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine

Author: J. C. D. Clark

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0198816995

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J.C.D. Clark demythologizes the history of Thomas Paine, understanding the impact he has had on modern human rights, democracy, and internationalism.

A Short History of the American Revolutionary War
A Short History of the American Revolutionary War

Author: Stephen Conway

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-04-12

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0857733540

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The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world's first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunker Hill (1775) to the final humiliation of the British at Yorktown (1781), the entire contest is now emblematic of American national identity. Stephen Conway shows that, beyond mythology, this was more than just a local conflict: rather a titanic struggle between France and Britain. The Thirteen Colonies were merely one frontline of an extended theatre of operations, with each superpower aiming to deliver the knockout blow. This bold new history recognizes the war as the Revolution but situates it on the wider, global canvas of European warfare.