The cousins' wars : religion, politics, and the triumph of Anglo-America / Kevin Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Kevin, 1940-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and war.

History.

Religion and politics.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Religious aspects.

Great Britain.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1649.

Religion and politics--United States--History.

Religion and politics--Great Britain--History.

Politics and war--History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 707 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [1999]

Summary:

The achievement at the heart of The Cousins' Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a cultural and linguistic hegemonic grip on the world today, while the other European powers--from Spain to Germany--did not. The answer to this, according to Phillips, can be found in a close examination of the English-speaking people's three major internecine conflicts--the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. These wars between cousins functioned as crucial anvils on which various religious, ethnic, and political alignments and successes were hammered out, setting Great Britain and America on a unique two-track path toward world leadership.

Contents:

Part 1 The Beginnings of Anglo-America and the Setting of the First Cousins' War

1 The Protestant Background of Anglo-American Expansion and the Cousins' Wars 3

Part 2 The Early Cousins' Wars

2 Anglo-America's First Civil Wars: The British Setting, 1630-1763 35

3 America, 1763-1775: The Inheritance of Revolutionary Conflict 79

4 The British Empire and Civil War in the Western Hemisphere, 1775-1783 123

5 The Making of a Revolution: Patriots, Loyalists, and Neutrals 161

6 Support for the American Revolution Within the British Isles 233

7 Trauma and Triumph: Saratoga and the Revitalization of the British Empire 269

Part 3 The Final Cousins' War

8 Sectionalism, Slavery, and Religion: The Continuity of the Second and Third Cousins' Wars 317

9 The Final Cousins' Fight: Causes and Origins of the American Civil War 363

10 The U.S. Civil War: Loyalties, Alignments, and Partisanships, 1861-1865 407

11 The U.S. Civil War and the Framework of Anglo-America 457

Part 4 The Triumph of Anglo-America

War, Population, and English Language Hegemony

12 The Cousins' Wars and the Shaping of Anglo-American Politics 513

13 Demographic Imperialism: The Second Architecture of Anglo-American Hegemony 561

14 The English Language: Words as Weaponry? 597.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-682) and index.

ISBN:

0465013694

OCLC:

40255958