Publication

2000 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

89,250 words, Guess

Page Count

357 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing320196
  • Goodreads4525987

Classifications

  • DDC972.9/03
  • LCCF2131 .O74 2000

Description

"A major contribution to the history of the American Revolution, An Empire Divided traces a split in the politics of the mainland and island colonies after the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-66, when the colonists on the islands chose not to emulate the resistance of the patriots on the mainland. Once war came, it was increasingly unpopular in the British Caribbean; nevertheless, the white colonists cooperated with the British in defense of their islands. O'Shaughnessy decisively refutes the widespread belief that there was broad backing among the Caribbean colonists for the American Revolution and deftly reconstructs the history of how the island colonies followed an increasingly divergent course from the former colonies to the north."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

History972.9/03RelationsInfluenceF2131 .o74 2000History--influenceWest indies, history

Series Statement

  • Early American studies

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