Born of clashing visions of empire in England and the colonies, the American Revolution saw men and women grappling with power- and its absence-in dynamic ways. On both sides of the revolutionary divide, Americans viewed themselves as an imperial people. This perspective conditioned how they understood the exercise of power, how they believed governments had to function, and how they situated themselves in a world dominated by other imperial players. Viewing the early republic from an imperial-revolutionary perspective, the essays in this collection consider subjects as far-ranging as merchants, winemaking, slavery, sex, and chronology to nostalgia, fort construction, and urban unrest. They move from the very center of the empire in London to the far western frontier near St. Louis, offering a new way to consider America's most formative period.

Book Information
ISBN 9780813939889
Author Patrick Griffin
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press