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The first volume delves into how the context of the American Revolution was set, taking readers across North America and the world to reveal the far-flung people, events, institutions, cultures, and ideas that led to its inception. Through a global lens, the volume shows how empires struggled with political and economic reforms, as well as popular protest, while competing and warring with each other. On a continental scale, long-term environmental and economic structures, native peoples, colonial settlers, and their interactions set the parameters for revolutionary conflict. Focusing on the thirteen colonies, -particularly groups who are traditionally overlooked- the essays shed light on the specific milieus in which the Revolution took place, examining and reinterpreting the iconic events leading up to independence and war. A mixture of broad topical essays and short innovative "viewpoints", together the essays question notions of American exceptionalism while emphasizing both change and continuity.
Contents
List of figures and maps; List of contributors to volume I; Acknowledgements; General Introduction; Part I. Global: 1. Viewpoint: Ceci N'est Pas un Tableau d'Histoire: the art of revolution in the service of empire Christian Crouch; 2. British America Trevor Burnard; 3. Imperial reforms Jonathan Eacott; 4. Seven years' war Kristie Flannery; 5. Transatlantic unrest Steven Pitt; 6. Slaveries Brett Rushforth; Part II. Continental: 7. Viewpoint: the dying negro, a poem Terri L. Snyder; 8. Environments Natale Zappia; 9. Native Americans Robert Michael Morrissey; 10. Settler colonialism David Kiel; 11. Economies Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor; 12. Households Karin Wulf; Part III. Colonial: 13. Viewpoint: the blackout and the enlightenment: forced literacy before the revolution Peter H. Wood; 14. Religion John Sensbach; 15. Protest Gregory Nobles; 16. Rural Life Thomas J. Humphrey; 17. Communications Joseph M. Adelman; 18. Consumer revolution Timothy J. Shannon; 19. Contesting slavery Nicole Saffold Maskiell; 20. Viewpoint: slave courts in pre-revolution Maryland Geneva Smith; Part IV. Coming of the Revolution: 21. Viewpoint: the view from Cape Coast, Ghana Rebecca Shumway; 22. Empire and Protest Serena Zabin; 23. Urban America Emma Hart; 24. Political thought Brendan McConville; 25. Emotion and sensibility Nicole Eustace; 26. Legalities Richard J. Ross and Steven Wilf; 27. Material culture Kathryn K. Lasdow; 28. Viewpoint: black children's pursuit of liberty before America's pursuit of independence Crystal Lynn Webster.
