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

Author/creator Phillips, Kevin, 1940-2023
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Basic Books, ©1999.
Descriptionxxviii, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 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?
Local noteLittle-323057--305131022332P
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 669-682) and index.
LCCN 98049935
ISBN0465013694

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Joyner General Stacks E209 .P48 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold