Description |
xxviii, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-682) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Beginnings of Anglo-America and the setting of the first cousins' war -- ch. 1. Protestant background of Anglo-American expansion and the cousins' wars -- pt. 2. Early cousins' wars -- ch. 2. Anglo-Amnerica's first civil wars: the British setting, 1630-1763 -- ch. 3. America, 1763-1775: the inheritance of revolutionary conflict -- ch. 4. British empire and civil war in the western hemisphere, 1775-1783 -- ch. 5. Making of a revolution: patriots, loyalists, and neutrals -- ch. 6. Support for the American revolution within the British Isles -- ch. 7. Trauma and triumph: Saratoga and the revitalization of the British empire -- pt. 3. Final cousins' war -- ch. 8. Sectionalism, slavery, and religion: the continuity of the second and third cousins' wars -- ch. 9. Final cousins' fight: causes and origins of the American civil war -- ch. 10. U.S. civil war: loyalties, alignments, and partisanships, 1861-1865 -- ch. 11. U.S. civil war and the framework of Anglo-America -- pt. 4. Triumph of Anglo-America: war, population, and English language hegemony -- ch. 12. Cousins' wars and the shaping of Anglo-American politics -- ch. 13. Demographic imperialism: the second architecture of Anglo-American hegemony -- ch. 14. English language: words as weaponry? |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects.
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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
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1775-1783 |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649.
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Great Britain. |
Chronological Term |
1642-1649 |
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Religion and politics -- United States -- History.
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Religion and politics. |
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History. |
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Religion and politics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Politics and war -- History.
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Politics and war. |
ISBN |
0465013694 |
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