The Loyal Atlantic: Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144261109X ISBN 13: 9781442611092

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2012

Synopsis

Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key role played by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesive collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, The Loyal Atlantic brings Loyalism into a genuinely international focus.

Through cutting-edge archival research, The Loyal Atlantic contextualizes Loyalism within the larger history of the British Empire. It also details how, far from being a passive allegiance, Loyalism changed in unexpected and fascinating ways — especially in times of crisis. Most importantly, The Loyal Atlantic demonstrates that neither the conquest of Canada nor the American Revolution can be properly understood without assessing the meanings of Loyalism in the wider Atlantic world.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerry Bannister teaches History and Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University.
Liam Riordan is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Maine.

Review:

‘Jerry Bannister and Liam Riordan should be proud of this edited volume. With this book they have greatly expanded historian’s knowledge of both loyalism and historiographical boundaries of loyalist studies.’ (Aaron N. Colman The Historian, vol 76:02:2014)

‘Those interested in aboriginal, American, Atlantic, British, Canadian, Caribbean, imperial, revolutionary, and transnational history will benefit from this well-designed and thoughtful collection.’

(Greg Brooking Journal of Southern History, vol 79: November 2013)

‘Jerry Bannister and Liam Riordan should be proud of this edited volume....The editors wanted their volume to reflect how “loyalism fundamentally shaped the British Atlantic world”. They have achieved their goal with resounding success. The Loyal Atlantic should open historiographical pathways previously unimagined.’

(Aaron N. Coleman The Historian vol 76:02:2014)

‘This book wonderfully captures the complex and contested nature of British Atlantic loyalism in the Age of Revolution...An invaluable collection of essays.’

(Brad A. Jones The English Historical Review December 7, 2014)

‘An excellent collection on the Loyalist Atlantic.’ (Jeremy Black Eighteenth-Century Studies vol 48:01:204)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 144261109X
• ISBN 13: 9781442611092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Bannister Jerry, Riordan Liam