Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N973.3/102
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The spirit of 1783 -- pt. 1. Refugees. Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- pt. 2. Settlers. The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americas -- pt. 3. Subjects. Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty -- Conclu...
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
At the end of the American Revolution, 60,000 Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond.
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Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-437) and index.
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N973.3/102
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ISBN
1400041686 (hbk.)
9781400041688 (hbk.)
DDC
973.3
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991005408459702626
