Revolution against empire : taxes, politics, and the origins of American independence /
"Revolution Against Empire sets the story of American independence within a long and fierce clash over the political and economic future of the British Empire. Justin du Rivage traces this decades-long debate, which pitted neighbors and countrymen against one another, from the War of Austrian S...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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| Summary: | "Revolution Against Empire sets the story of American independence within a long and fierce clash over the political and economic future of the British Empire. Justin du Rivage traces this decades-long debate, which pitted neighbors and countrymen against one another, from the War of Austrian Succession to the end of the American Revolution. As people from Boston to Bengal grappled with the growing burdens of imperial rivalry and fantastically expensive warfare, some argued that austerity and new colonial revenue were urgently needed to rescue Britain from unsustainable taxes and debts. Others insisted that Britain ought to treat its colonies as relative equals and promote their prosperity. Drawing from archival research in the United States, Britain, and France, this book shows how disputes over taxation, public debt, and inequality sparked the American Revolution -- and reshaped the British Empire."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300227659 0300227655 |
| Language: | Text in English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |