An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean (Early American Studies) de O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson - 2000-07-18

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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. Third Printing . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" X 9 1/4. 357 Pages Indexed. Brand new condition with flawless interior text pages. 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 miles inland and the major cities were all situated along the coast, the ocean often acted as a highway between islands and mainland rather than a barrier. The plantation system of the islands was so similar to that of the southern mainland colonies that these regions had more in common with each other, some historians argue, than either had with New England. Political developments in all the colonies moved along parallel tracks,… Leer más

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Paperback / softback. New. "O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact. . . . Highly recommended."-Choice

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