An empire divided
Subtitle: the American Revolution and the British Caribbean
By: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy.
Series: Early American studies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence; Great Britain -- Relations -- West Indies, British; West Indies, British -- Relations -- Great Britain
Description: "A major contribution to the history of the American Revolution, An Empire Divided traces a split in the politics of the mainland and island colonies after the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-66, when the colonists on the islands chose not to emulate the resistance of the patriots on the mainland. Once war came, it was increasingly unpopular in the British Caribbean; nevertheless, the white colonists cooperated with the British in defense of their islands.

O'Shaughnessy decisively refutes the widespread belief that there was broad backing among the Caribbean colonists for the American Revolution and deftly reconstructs the history of how the island colonies followed an increasingly divergent course from the former colonies to the north."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-341) and index.