The Fault Lines of Empire: Political Differentiation in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1760-1830

by Elizabeth Mancke

Overview

The Fault Lines of Empire is a fascinating comparative study of two communities in the early modern British Empire--one in Massachusetts, the other in Nova Scotia. Elizabeth Mancke focuses on these two locations to examine how British attempts at reforming their empire impacted the development of divergent political customs in the United States and Canada.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135930660
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/08/2005
Series:	New World in the Atlantic World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Elizabeth Mancke

Table of Contents

Introduction, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 1 Corporate Structure and Private Interest: The Mid-Eighteenth-Century Expansion of New England, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 2 Liverpool, Machias, and the North Atlantic Region: An Historical, Demographic, and Economic Profile, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 3 Dividing the Land, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 4 Choosing Sides: Liverpool and Machias and the Imperial Conflict, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 5 Bearing Arms: The Military Involvement of Liverpool and Machias in the American Revolution, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 6 The Transformation of New England Congregationalism, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 7 The Structure and Functions of Local Government, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 8 Conclusion Divergent Structures of Power in the Anglo-Atlantic World, Elizabeth Mancke;

Editorial Reviews

'This Valuable analysis sheds light on the development of the two towns as well as on the cultures of New England and British North America from 1760 to 1830.' – The Journal of American History

'This Valuable analysis sheds light on the development of the two towns as well as on the cultures of New England and British North America from 1760 to 1830.' – The Journal of American History

"Elizabeth Mancke provides a new twist on a hallowed genre: the New England town study... This valuable analysis sheds light on the development of the two towns as well as on the cultures of New England and British North America from 1760 to 1830." —The Journal of American History

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