The idea of Europe and the origins of the American Revolution

The idea of Europe and the origins of the American Revolution

1st ed.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

x, 433 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

973.2 R658 2020

(OCoLC)1142005624

Robinson presents a new history of politics in colonial America and the imperial crisis, tracing how ideas of Europe and Europeanness shaped British-American political culture. Reconstructing colonial debates about the European states system, European civilisation, and Britain's position within both, Robinson shows how these concerns informed colonial attitudes towards American identity and America's place inside - and, ultimately, outside - the emerging British Empire. Taking in more than two centuries of Atlantic history, he explores the way in which colonists inherited and adapted Anglo-British traditions of thinking about international politics, how they navigated imperial politics during the European wars of 1740-1763, and how the burgeoning patriot movement negotiated the dual crisis of Europe and Empire in the between 1763 and 1775 ...--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-425) and index.
L2022M109

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