Lord Churchill's coup : the Anglo-American empire and the Glorious Revolution reconsidered
This study argues that both England and its American social experiments were the underdeveloped elements of an empire emerging on both sides of the Atlantic and that the pivotal moment of that empire, the so-called ""Glorious Revolution"", was in fact a military coup driven by religious fears.
Print Book, English, 1998
[1st Syracuse Press ed.] View all formats and editions
Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y., 1998
History
xiv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780815605584, 0815605587
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Introduction
BOOK I: A SOLDIER'S SCHOOLS
The "Handsome Englishman": 1667-1679
In James Stuart's service: 1675-1683
BOOK II: LORD CHURCHILL's INGRATITUDE
Rebellion and empire: 1683-1687
Lord Churchill's coup: 1686-1688
BOOK III. ARMY AND REVOLUTION
The coup in the colonies: 1689-1690
A decade of dissent: 1689-1698
Epilogue
Appendix: Inglorious revolution: the Channel fleet in 1688
Originally published: New York : Knopf, ©1995