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Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
- Title
- Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
- Author
- Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IG 11-3899 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 460 p. , [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century
- American loyalists > History
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects
- Refugees > United States > History
- Exiles > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Refugees
- Exiles > United States > History > 18th century
- Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century
- Colonists > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-437) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The spirit of 1783 -- pt. 1. Refugees -- Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- pt. 2. Settlers -- The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americas -- pt. 3. Subjects -- Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty -- Conclusion: Winners and losers -- Appendix: Measuring the exodus.
- Call Number
- IG 11-3899
- ISBN
- 9781400041688 (hc.)
- 1400041686 (hc.)
- LCCN
- 2010023514
- OCLC
- 630500155
- Author
- Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
- Title
- Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.
- Imprint
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-437) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IG 11-3899