The Persistence of Empire : British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0807848468
ISBN-13
9780807848463
Edition
New
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint
The University of North Carolina Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 6th, 2000
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
410 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyHistory of the AmericasModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900Colonialism & imperialismNational liberation & independence, post-colonialismCentral / national / federal government policiesCentral government policiesHistoryEuropean historyHistory of the AmericasColonialism and imperialismNational liberation and independence
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This work examines the British public's predominantly loyal reponse to its government's actions during the American revolution. Drawing on nearly 1000 political pamphlets, as well as broad sides, private memoirs and popular cartoons it offers an insight into 18th-century British political culture.
The American revolution was the longest colonial war in modern British history and Britain''s most humiliating defeat as an Imperial power. This book examines the British public''s predominantly loyal reponse to its government''s actions in America. The author attributes support for George III''s American policies to a combination of factors, including growing isolationism in regard to the European continent and a burgeoning sense of the colonies as intergal parts of a greater British nation. He argues that the public accepted ill-conceived projects, such as the Stamp Act, because theirs was an ""armchair"" patriotism based on paying others to fight their battles for them. Drawing on nearly 1000 political pamphlets, as well as broad sides, private memoirs and popular cartoons the book offers an insight into 18th-century British political culture and an account of what the revolution meant to people on both sides of the Atlantic.
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