Making the British empire, 1660-1800

This book is based on the latest research, and involves stimulating new ideas from some of the most important scholars working in the field of imperial history. It ranges across politics, religion, economy, law and geography in order to offer challenging perspectives on the nature and origins of the first British empire.

1 Introduction - Jason Peacey
2 The pivot of empire: party politics, Spanish America and the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) - Steve Pincus
3 Party politics and empire in the early eighteenth century - J. H. Elliott
4 From anti-popery and anti-puritanism to orientalism - William J. Bulman
5 Protestantism and the politics of overseas expansion in later Stuart England - Gabriel Glickman
6 Reconciling empire: English political economy and the Spanish imperial model, 1660-90 - Leslie Theibert
7 Legal geography and colonial sovereignty: the making of early English 'Bombay' - Philip J. Stern
8 Compensating imperial loyalty, 1700-1800 - Julian Hoppit
9 Sheffield's vision: the American Revolution and the 1783 partition of North America - Eliga H. Gould
10 Legal pluralism and Burke's law of nations - Jennifer Pitts
Index