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

By: Phillips, Kevin, 1940-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: xxviii, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0465013694Subject(s): United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects | Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 | 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 -- HistoryDDC classification: 973.3/7 LOC classification: E209 | .P48 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-682) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings of Anglo-America and the setting of the first cousins' war -- Protestant background of Anglo-American expansion and the cousins' wars -- Early cousins' wars -- Anglo-Amnerica's first civil wars: the British setting, 1630-1763 -- America, 1763-1775: the inheritance of revolutionary conflict -- British empire and civil war in the western hemisphere, 1775-1783 -- Making of a revolution: patriots, loyalists, and neutrals -- Support for the American revolution within the British Isles -- Trauma and triumph: Saratoga and the revitalization of the British empire -- Final cousins' war -- Sectionalism, slavery, and religion: the continuity of the second and third cousins' wars -- Final cousins' fight: causes and origins of the American civil war -- U.S. civil war: loyalties, alignments, and partisanships, 1861-1865 -- U.S. civil war and the framework of Anglo-America -- Triumph of Anglo-America: war, population, and English language hegemony -- Cousins' wars and the shaping of Anglo-American politics -- Demographic imperialism: the second architecture of Anglo-American hegemony -- English language: words as weaponry?

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

pt. 1. Beginnings of Anglo-America and the setting of the first cousins' war -- ch. 1. Protestant background of Anglo-American expansion and the cousins' wars -- pt. 2. Early cousins' wars -- ch. 2. Anglo-Amnerica's first civil wars: the British setting, 1630-1763 -- ch. 3. America, 1763-1775: the inheritance of revolutionary conflict -- ch. 4. British empire and civil war in the western hemisphere, 1775-1783 -- ch. 5. Making of a revolution: patriots, loyalists, and neutrals -- ch. 6. Support for the American revolution within the British Isles -- ch. 7. Trauma and triumph: Saratoga and the revitalization of the British empire -- pt. 3. Final cousins' war -- ch. 8. Sectionalism, slavery, and religion: the continuity of the second and third cousins' wars -- ch. 9. Final cousins' fight: causes and origins of the American civil war -- ch. 10. U.S. civil war: loyalties, alignments, and partisanships, 1861-1865 -- ch. 11. U.S. civil war and the framework of Anglo-America -- pt. 4. Triumph of Anglo-America: war, population, and English language hegemony -- ch. 12. Cousins' wars and the shaping of Anglo-American politics -- ch. 13. Demographic imperialism: the second architecture of Anglo-American hegemony -- ch. 14. English language: words as weaponry?

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