Making the British empire, 1660-1800

by Peacey, Jason

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Title Statements

Full title :Making the British empire, 1660-1800 / edited by Jason Peacey.

Summary

This collection offers a timely reappraisal of the origins and nature of the first British empire, in response to the 'cultural turn' in historical scholarship and the 'new imperial history'. It addresses topics that have been neglected in recent literature, providing a series of political and institutional perspective; at the same time it recognises the importance of developments across the empire, not least in terms of how they affected imperial 'policy' and its implementation. It analyses a range of contemporary debates and ideas - political and intellectual as well as religious and administrative - relating to political economy, legal geography and sovereignty, as well as the messy realities of the imperial project, including the costs and losses of empire, collectively and individually.

<B>This volume reappraises the origins and nature of the first British empire. Taking into account current debates about how best to address the topic, methodologically and thematically, it offers new perspectives and approaches from some of the most important scholars in the field. The aim is not to return to older modes of scholarship, but to learn from the 'new imperial history' while reintegrating political and institutional perspectives. Contributors explore contemporary debates, both within the metropole and across the empire, and how these affected imperial 'policy' and its implementation, not least in the face of profound challenges on the ground. These debates ranged widely and were political and intellectual as well as religious and administrative. They related to ideas about political economy, legal geography and sovereignty, as well as about the messy realities of the imperial project, including the costs and losses of empire, collectively and individually. Featuring contributions from a remarkable selection of scholars, including Sir John Elliott, Julian Hoppit, Steve Pincus, Jennifer Pitts and Philip J. Stern, <i>Making the British empire </i>will be of interest to historians and political scientists working in a range of areas. Its novel approaches and provocative arguments will help to shape the field on this most important of topics -- Back cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781526106100, 1526106108, 9781526106094, 1526106094
oclc:on1230563700
Dewey Decimal:909.0971241

1 Introduction -- Jason Peacey2 The pivot of empire: party politics, Spanish America and the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) -- Steve Pincus3 Party politics and empire in the early eighteenth century -- J. H. Elliott 4 From anti-popery and anti-puritanism to orientalism -- William J. Bulman5 Protestantism and the politics of overseas expansion in later Stuart England -- Gabriel Glickman6 Reconciling empire: English political economy and the Spanish imperial model, 1660-90 -- Leslie Theibert7 Legal geography and colonial sovereignty: the making of early English 'Bombay' -- Philip J. Stern8 Compensating imperial loyalty, 1700-1800 -- Julian Hoppit9 Sheffield's vision: the American Revolution and the 1783 partition of North America -- Eliga H. Gould10 Legal pluralism and Burke's law of nations -- Jennifer Pitts Index

Subjects

British colonies Civilization, Modern -- British influen… Commonwealth countries Commonwealth countries -- History Diplomatic relations Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieure… Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieure… Great Britain Great Britain -- Colonies Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1… Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1… History Imperialism Imperialism -- History Impérialisme -- Histoire Pays du Commonwealth -- Histoire