| Description |
xxviii, 707 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 669-682) and index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings of Anglo-America and the setting of the first cousins' war -- Protestant background of Anglo-American expansion and the cousins' wars -- Early cousins' wars -- Anglo-America's first civil wars : the British setting, 1630-1763 -- America, 1763-1775 : the inheritance of revolutionary conflict -- British empire and civil war in the western hemisphere, 1775-1783 -- Making of a revolution : patriots, loyalists, and neutrals -- Support for the American revolution within the British Isles -- Trauma and triumph : Saratoga and the revitalization of the British empire -- Final cousins' war -- Sectionalism, slavery, and religion : the continuity of the second and third cousins' wars -- Final cousins' fight : causes and origins of the American civil war -- U.S. civil war : loyalties, alignments, and partisanships, 1861-1865 -- U.S. civil war and the framework of Anglo-America -- Triumph of Anglo-America : war, population, and English language hegemony -- Cousins' wars and the shaping of Anglo-American politics -- Demographic imperialism : the second architecture of Anglo-American hegemony -- English language : words as weaponry? |
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Religion and politics -- United States -- History.
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Religion and politics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Politics and war -- History.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects.
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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649.
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| ISBN |
0465013708 (pbk.) |
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0465013694 |
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