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An Empire Divided

The American Revolution and the British Caribbean

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Series series Early American Studies
There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200 ... Read more

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There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200
... Read more
The Men Who Lost America

British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution.The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving ... Read more

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Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire's loss of the American Revolution.The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving
... Read more

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The Men Who Lost America

British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

Series series Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
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21 hours 5 min

The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O ... Read more

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The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O
... Read more

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An Empire Divided

The American Revolution and the British Caribbean

by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Series series Early American Studies
There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200 ... Read more

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There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200
... Read more
The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University

Edited by John A. Ragosta, Peter S. Onuf, Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy ...

Series series Jeffersonian America
Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and today it stands as one of the premier universities in the world. This volume provides an in-depth look at the founding of the University and, in the process, develops new and important insights into Jefferson’s contributions as well as into ... Read more

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Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and today it stands as one of the premier universities in the world. This volume provides an in-depth look at the founding of the University and, in the process, develops new and important insights into Jefferson’s contributions as well as into
... Read more
Old World, New World

America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson

Edited by Leonard J. Sadosky, Peter Nicolaisen, Peter S. Onuf, Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy ...

Series series Jeffersonian America
Old World, New World: America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson grew out of workshops in Salzburg and Charlottesville sponsored by Monticello’s International Center for Jefferson Studies, and revisits a question of long-standing interest to American historians: the nature of the relationship between America and Europe during the Age of Revolution. Study of the American-European relationship in ... Read more

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Old World, New World: America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson grew out of workshops in Salzburg and Charlottesville sponsored by Monticello’s International Center for Jefferson Studies, and revisits a question of long-standing interest to American historians: the nature of the relationship between America and Europe during the Age of Revolution. Study of the American-European relationship in
... Read more
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind

Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University

by Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy ...

Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the former president oversaw every aspect of the creation of what would become the University of Virginia. Along with the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he regarded it as ... Read more

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Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the former president oversaw every aspect of the creation of what would become the University of Virginia. Along with the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he regarded it as
... Read more
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Republic and Empire

Crisis, Revolution, and America's Early Independence

by Trevor Burnard, Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy ...

Narrated by Al Kessel ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

A fresh look at the American Revolution as a major global eventAt the time of the American Revolution (1765–83), the British Empire had colonies in India, Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Canada, Ireland, and Gibraltar. The thirteen rebellious American colonies accounted for half of the total number of provinces in the British world in 1776. What of the loyal half? Why did some of Britain's ... Read more

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A fresh look at the American Revolution as a major global eventAt the time of the American Revolution (1765–83), the British Empire had colonies in India, Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Canada, Ireland, and Gibraltar. The thirteen rebellious American colonies accounted for half of the total number of provinces in the British world in 1776. What of the loyal half? Why did some of Britain's
... Read more
"Capitalism and Slavery" Revisited

The Impact and Legacy of Eric Williams's Trailblazing Work

by Natalie A. Zacek, Ph.D, Erica Williams Connell, Catherine Hall, Devin Leigh, Stephen Mullen, Gervase Phillips, Sheryllynne Haggerty, Dexnell Peters, Christer Petley ...

Reexamining a seminal work on British capitalism and Caribbean slavery and its continuing reverberations in the twenty-first centuryEric Williams’s Capitalism and Slavery (1944), with its insightful and provocative theses about the relationship between Caribbean slavery and the growth of the British economy and the Industrial Revolution, has proved an enduring and controversial book. Never out of ... Read more

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Reexamining a seminal work on British capitalism and Caribbean slavery and its continuing reverberations in the twenty-first centuryEric Williams’s Capitalism and Slavery (1944), with its insightful and provocative theses about the relationship between Caribbean slavery and the growth of the British economy and the Industrial Revolution, has proved an enduring and controversial book. Never out of
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European Friends of the American Revolution

by Marie-Jeanne Rossignol, Julia Osman, Paul Gilje, Victor Enthoven, Olivier Chaline, Jean-Marie Kowalski, Dr. Kathleen DuVal, PhD, Gonzalo Quintero Saravia, Timothy Walker0, Robert Rhodes Crout1, Munro Price2 ...

Series series The Revolutionary Age
Europe’s crucial contribution to the achievement of American independence.American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And without recognition from powerful European nations, the young country would never have assumed an independent status "amongst the powers of the earth." This collection of essays not only offers new glimpses ... Read more

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Europe’s crucial contribution to the achievement of American independence.American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And without recognition from powerful European nations, the young country would never have assumed an independent status "amongst the powers of the earth." This collection of essays not only offers new glimpses
... Read more
Wayward & Upward: Stories and Poems

by Rolli, Nnadi Samuel, Finnian Burnett, Renee Cronley, Brad Dunne, Jennifer Mariani, Marie C Lecrivain, Viswo Varenya Samal, Karen K Steinson, Cara Hartley, Katharine Weinmann, Sophia Futrell, Mary van der Kroef, Gail Jardine, TAK Erzinger, Blaise Langlois, Sharmon Gazaway, Jaymie Heilman, Jenna Neska, Matthew Pritt, Karabi Mitra, Trevor Abes, Cisi Eze, Laura Theis, Ryan Gibbs, Michal Zielinski, Susan Bloch-Welliver, Gerri Leen, William Wren, Donald B. Campbell, Andrew Shaughnessy, Anne Baldo, Gina Gil, Joseph A Farina ...

A woman runs from a cult leader.A man watches a crowd carry a baby into the woods.A boy makes a childhood friend who is much older than she appears.The forty pieces in this book unite two creative endeavours at the heart of humanity: making music and telling stories. Each writer took inspiration from one of the ten tracks on the Wayward & Upward album by Spinoza Gambit. This anthology collects one ... Read more

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A woman runs from a cult leader.A man watches a crowd carry a baby into the woods.A boy makes a childhood friend who is much older than she appears.The forty pieces in this book unite two creative endeavours at the heart of humanity: making music and telling stories. Each writer took inspiration from one of the ten tracks on the Wayward & Upward album by Spinoza Gambit. This anthology collects one
... Read more
Ireland and America

Empire, Revolution, and Sovereignty

by Rache Banke, Trevor Burnard, Nicholas Canny, Christa Dierksheide, Matthew P. Dziennik, Professor S. Max Edelson, PhD, Annette Gordon-Reed, Robert G. Ingram, Peter S. Onuf, Gordon S. Wood, Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, Eliga Gould, T. H. Breen, Jessica Choppin Roney ...

Series series The Revolutionary Age
Looking at America through the Irish prism and employing a comparative approach, leading and emerging scholars of early American and Atlantic history interrogate anew the relationship between imperial reform and revolution in Ireland and America, offering fascinating insights into the imperial whole of which both places were a part. Revolution would eventually stem from the ways the Irish and ... Read more

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Looking at America through the Irish prism and employing a comparative approach, leading and emerging scholars of early American and Atlantic history interrogate anew the relationship between imperial reform and revolution in Ireland and America, offering fascinating insights into the imperial whole of which both places were a part. Revolution would eventually stem from the ways the Irish and
... Read more

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