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UNINA9910807753203321 |
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Titolo |
British North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / / edited by Stephen Foster |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-251358-3 |
0-19-920612-0 |
0-19-166274-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford history of the British empire |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colonies - History |
Great Britain Colonies America |
North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview; 3. "Bound by Our Regal Office": Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism; 5. "Establishment" and "Dissent" in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 |
7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances; 11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title asks to what extent did it make a difference to those living in the colonies that made up British North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that they were part of an empire and that the empire in question was British? |
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