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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511986003321

Autore

Singerton Jonathan <1991->

Titolo

American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy / / Jonathan Singerton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 366 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Revolutionary age

Disciplina

973.32

Soggetti

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Public opinion

United States Foreign relations 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book presents the American Revolution from the perspective of the Habsburg monarchy. It reveals how, despite seeming antithetical to the American cause, the Habsburg dynasty and people in the Habsburg lands realized the opportunity unleashed by the creation of the thirteen United States of America, demonstrating the wider effects of the American Revolution beyond the standard Atlantic World and portraying the Habsburg Monarchy in a new, oceanic light"--