The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution offers a new, comparative history of the American Revolution that puts colonized people at the center of the story. It shows how Irish-speaking Catholics, Scottish Highlanders, and American Indians remade the British empire--and convinced American colonists to leave it in the process. To understand Americans' contemporary struggles with diversity, this complex imperial history is essential.
The Gaelic and Indian Origins of the American Revolution offers a new, comparative history of the American Revolution that puts colonized people at the center of the story. It shows how Irish-speaking Catholics, Scottish Highlanders, and American Indians remade the British empire--and convinced American colonists to leave it in the process. To understand Americans' contemporary struggles with diversity, this complex imperial history is essential.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Samuel K. Fisher is Assistant Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the co-editor of Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Note on Translation and Terminology * Introduction * Part I: Exclusionary Constitution * Chapter 1: The Unlikely Alliance: Origins of Inclusive Empire * Chapter 2: Fit Instruments I: Origins of the Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 3: Lockhart's Question: Creating the Exclusionary Constitution * Part II: Atlantic '45 * Chapter 4: The French Connection: Resisting the Exclusionary Constitution from Without * Chapter 5: Imperial Go-Betweens: Resisting the Exclusionary Constitution from Within * Chapter 6: Atlantic '45: Breaking the Exclusionary Constitution * Part III: Inclusive Empire * Chapter 7: Reform: Reviving the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 8: The Tender Father with Shit-Stained Britches: Contradictions of the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 9: Interest and Economy: Debating the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 10: King George Will Have Us All: Making the Inclusive Empire * Part IV: Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 11: Fit Instruments II: Return of the Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 12: Dilemmas of Dependence: Exclusion and Exceptionalism * Epilogue * Notes * Bibliography * Index
* Acknowledgments * Note on Translation and Terminology * Introduction * Part I: Exclusionary Constitution * Chapter 1: The Unlikely Alliance: Origins of Inclusive Empire * Chapter 2: Fit Instruments I: Origins of the Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 3: Lockhart's Question: Creating the Exclusionary Constitution * Part II: Atlantic '45 * Chapter 4: The French Connection: Resisting the Exclusionary Constitution from Without * Chapter 5: Imperial Go-Betweens: Resisting the Exclusionary Constitution from Within * Chapter 6: Atlantic '45: Breaking the Exclusionary Constitution * Part III: Inclusive Empire * Chapter 7: Reform: Reviving the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 8: The Tender Father with Shit-Stained Britches: Contradictions of the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 9: Interest and Economy: Debating the Inclusive Empire * Chapter 10: King George Will Have Us All: Making the Inclusive Empire * Part IV: Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 11: Fit Instruments II: Return of the Exclusionary Patriots * Chapter 12: Dilemmas of Dependence: Exclusion and Exceptionalism * Epilogue * Notes * Bibliography * Index
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