Revolution Against Empire

Revolution Against Empire re-situates the Revolution not as a colonial rebellion against the mother country but as one episode in a much larger political quarrel that swept the British Empire in the second half of the eighteenth century. -New Yorker Revolution Against Empire is the first book in a long while to revive the imperial approach to debating the causes of the American Revolution. It makes a novel case which restores the role of ideology in the study of eighteenth century Britain and its policies in America. -Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, author of The Men Who Lost America An extraordinarily valuable contribution to our understanding of the Revolution's origins-and to the character of the 'empire' it gave rise to. -Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia Du Rivage's brilliant Revolution Against Empire returns political economy squarely to the center of the American revolutionary experience, boldly overturning old certainties and offering a timely meditation on the nature of taxation, representation, and the role of the state in worldly affairs. -Sophus A. Reinert, author of Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy In this meticulously researched and lucidly written book, du Rivage brilliantly traces the ideological differences in the British Empire that gave birth to political factions and ultimately sparked the American Revolution. -Carl Wennerlind, Barnard College, Columbia University Brilliant and thoroughly researched . . . genuinely original. -William Ashworth, University of Liverpool