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Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American loyalists--History.
- American loyalists.
- Exiles--United States--History--18th century.
- Exiles.
- Exiles--United States--History--19th century.
- Refugees--United States--History.
- Refugees.
- Colonists--United States--History.
- Colonists.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Refugees.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- Social aspects.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
- 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.
- 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
- Conclusion: Winners and losers
- Appendix: Measuring the exodus.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781400041688
- 1400041686
- OCLC:
- 630500155
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