Marlborough's America
Scholars of British America generally conclude that the early 18th-century Anglo-American empire was commercial in economics liberal in politics, and parochial in policy, somnambulant in an era of 'salutary neglect', but, in this book, Stephen Saunders Webb demonstrates that the American provinces, under the spur of war, became capitalist, coercive, and aggresive.
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- Full title :Marlborough's America / Stephen Saunders Webb.
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Scholars of British America generally conclude that the early 18th-century Anglo-American empire was commercial in economics liberal in politics, and parochial in policy, somnambulant in an era of 'salutary neglect', but, in this book, Stephen Saunders Webb demonstrates that the American provinces, under the spur of war, became capitalist, coercive, and aggresive.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300182606, 0300182600
- oclc:ocn839387019
- LC Classification:DA462.M3
- Dewey Decimal:941.06/9092
Table of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Army and Empire -- Envoy: “The Sunshine Day� -- PART I: WINNING AMERICA IN EUROPE: PR�CIS -- Chapter One: Grand Designs -- Chapter Two: The March to the Danube -- Chapter Three: Blenheim -- Chapter Four: Greater Britain -- Chapter Five: Ramillies and Union -- PART II: “THE ENDLESS WAR�: PR�CIS -- Chapter Six: Oudenarde -- Chapter Seven: Malplaquet -- Chapter Eight: The Duke�s Decline -- Chapter Nine: Quebec and Bouchain -- PART III: MARLBOROUGH�S AMERICA: PR�CIS
Chapter Ten: The Dreadful Death of Daniel ParkeChapter Eleven: Defending the Revolution: Robert Hunter in New York -- Chapter Twelve: Alexander Spotswood: Architect of Empire -- Epilogue: The “Golden Adventure� -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Z
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