The Resource Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world, Maya Jasanoff
Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world, Maya Jasanoff
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The item Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world, Maya Jasanoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
- "This book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond. At the end of the American Revolution, sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. Liberty's Exiles tells their story. This surprising new account of the founding of the United States and the shaping of the post-revolutionary world traces extraordinary journeys like the one of Elizabeth Johnston, a young mother from Georgia, who led her growing family to Britain, Jamaica, and Canada, questing for a home; black loyalists such as David George, who escaped from slavery in Virginia and went on to found Baptist congregations in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone; and Mohawk Indian leader Joseph Brant, who tried to find autonomy for his people in Ontario. Ambitious, original, and personality-filled, this book is at once an intimate narrative history and a provocative analysis that changes how we see the revolution's "losers" and their legacies"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2011
- Contents
-
- Refugees. Civil war
- An unsettling peace
- A new world disorder
- Settlers. The heart of empire
- A world in the wilderness
- Loyal Americans
- Subjects. Islands in a storm
- False refuge
- Promised land
- Empires of liberty
- Conclusion: losers and founders
- Isbn
- 9781400075478
- Label
- Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
- Title
- Liberty's exiles
- Title remainder
- American loyalists in the revolutionary world
- Statement of responsibility
- Maya Jasanoff
- Subject
-
- Colonists -- United States -- History
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 18th century
- American loyalists -- History
- Refugees -- United States -- History
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Refugees
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
- Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond. At the end of the American Revolution, sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. Liberty's Exiles tells their story. This surprising new account of the founding of the United States and the shaping of the post-revolutionary world traces extraordinary journeys like the one of Elizabeth Johnston, a young mother from Georgia, who led her growing family to Britain, Jamaica, and Canada, questing for a home; black loyalists such as David George, who escaped from slavery in Virginia and went on to found Baptist congregations in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone; and Mohawk Indian leader Joseph Brant, who tried to find autonomy for his people in Ontario. Ambitious, original, and personality-filled, this book is at once an intimate narrative history and a provocative analysis that changes how we see the revolution's "losers" and their legacies"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by Publisher
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jasanoff, Maya
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American loyalists
- Exiles
- Exiles
- Refugees
- Colonists
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world, Maya Jasanoff
- Note
- Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-437) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Refugees. Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- Settlers. The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americans -- Subjects. Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty -- Conclusion: losers and founders
- Control code
- FIEb17382646
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400075478
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727702871
- Label
- Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world, Maya Jasanoff
- Note
- Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 2011
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-437) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Refugees. Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- Settlers. The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americans -- Subjects. Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty -- Conclusion: losers and founders
- Control code
- FIEb17382646
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781400075478
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727702871
Subject
- Colonists -- United States -- History
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 18th century
- American loyalists -- History
- Refugees -- United States -- History
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Refugees
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
- Great Britain -- Colonies | History -- 19th century
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