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Anglicizing America

Shankman, Andrew, Gallup-Diaz, Ignacio, Murrin, John M., Silverman, David J.

2015

Overview

The thirteen mainland colonies of early America were arguably never more British than on the eve of their War of Independence from Britain. Though home to settlers of diverse national and cultural backgrounds, colonial America gradually became more like Britain in its political and judicial systems, material culture, economies, religious systems, and engagements with the empire. At the same time and by the same process, these politically distinct and geographically distant colonies forged a shared cultural identityone that would bind them together as a nation during the Revolution. Anglicizing Americarevisits the theory of Anglicization, considering its application to the history of the Atlantic world, from Britain to the Caribbean to the western wildernesses, at key moments before, during, and after the American Revolution. Ten essays by senior historians trace the complex processes by which global forces, local economies, and individual motives interacted to reinforce a more centralized and unified social movement. They examine the ways English ideas about labor influenced plantation slavery, how Great Britain's imperial aspirations shaped American militarization, the influence of religious tolerance on political unity, and how Americans' relationship to Great Britain after the war impacted the early republic's naval and taxation policies. As a whole,Anglicizing Americaoffers a compelling framework for explaining the complex processes at work in the western hemisphere during the age of revolutions. Contributors: Denver Brunsman, William Howard Carter, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Anthony M. Joseph, Simon P. Newman, Geoffrey Plank, Nancy L. Rhoden, Andrew Shankman, David J. Silverman, Jeremy A. Stern.

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc,University of Pennsylvania Press
• Subject: 1783–1865 / 17th century / 18th century / African slaves / American History / American Studies / anglicization / British Britishness / Caribbean colonies / Civilization / colonial / Colonial Period (1600-1775) / Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775 / culture / economy / empire / English colonies / English influences / Ethnic relations / Great Britain / Great Britain -- Relations -- United States -- History / Historiography / HISTORY / HISTORY / World / identity / imperial system / law legal / mainland / Native Americans / plantation slavery / politics / Racism / Racism -- United States -- History / Relations / religion / Revolution, 1775–1783 / revolutionary / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) / Slavery / Slavery -- United States -- History / To 1783 / United States / United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865 / United States -- Civilization -- English influences / United States -- Civilization -- To 1783 / United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 17th century / United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century / United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 / United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Historiography / United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 / United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Historiography / United States -- Relations -- Great Britain -- History / War of Independence
• ISBN: 0812246985, 9780812246988, 0812291042, 9780812291049