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Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
題名:
Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
著者:
Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
ISBN(國際標準書號):
9781400075478
版本:
1st ed.
出版資訊:
New York : Vintage Books, 2012
規格:
xvi, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm
一般附註:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-437) and index.
內容:
Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americas -- Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty
摘要:
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.
主題詞彙:
主題:
American loyalists -- History |
Exiles -- United States -- History -- 18th century |
Exiles -- United States -- History -- 19th century |
Refugees -- United States -- History |
Colonists -- United States -- History |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Refugees |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century |
摘要:
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.