LEADER 03240nam 22005175 450 001 9910792949403321 005 20210111172657.0 010 $a0-300-22765-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300227659 035 $a(CKB)3710000001387366 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001703957 035 $a(DE-B1597)488749 035 $a(OCoLC)1032366038 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300227659 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4867578 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001387366 100 $a20190920d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRevolution Against Empire $eTaxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence /$fJustin du Rivage 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2018] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white) 225 0 $aThe Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-300-21424-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tKey Figures -- $tIntroduction Enlightened Empire? -- $t1. Britain's Controversial Empire -- $t2. Taxing America -- $t3. The Seven Years' War and the Politics of Empire -- $t4. The Rise and Fall of the Stamp Act -- $t5. Britain's Authoritarian Ascendancy -- $t6. Sons of Liberty, Sons of Licentiousness -- $t7. English Blood by English Hands -- $tConclusion -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aA bold transatlantic history of American independence revealing that 1776 was about far more than taxation without representationRevolution Against Empire sets the story of American independence within a long and fierce clash over the political and economic future of the British Empire. Justin du Rivage traces this decades-long debate, which pitted neighbors and countrymen against one another, from the War of Austrian Succession to the end of the American Revolution.   As people from Boston to Bengal grappled with the growing burdens of imperial rivalry and fantastically expensive warfare, some argued that austerity and new colonial revenue were urgently needed to rescue Britain from unsustainable taxes and debts. Others insisted that Britain ought to treat its colonies as relative equals and promote their prosperity. Drawing from archival research in the United States, Britain, and France, this book shows how disputes over taxation, public debt, and inequality sparked the American Revolution-and reshaped the British Empire. 410 0$aLewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. 606 $aHISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCauses 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). 676 $a973.311 700 $adu Rivage$b Justin, $01515646 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792949403321 996 $aRevolution Against Empire$93751551 997 $aUNINA