Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence
- ISBN-10
- 0300214243
- ISBN-13
- 9780300214246
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 371
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Justin Du Rivage
Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Key Figures, and a Note on the Text -- Introduction: Enlightened Empire? -- 1. Britain's Controversial Empire -- 2. Taxing America -- 3. The Seven Years' War and the Politics of Empire -- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Stamp Act -- 5. Britain's Authoritarian Ascendancy -- 6. Sons of Liberty, Sons of Licentiousness -- 7. English Blood by English Hands -- Conclusion: Republican Empire -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
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