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Informationen zum Autor Christopher P. Magra is a prize-winning Early American historian, specializing in the Atlantic dimensions of the American Revolution. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee. Klappentext "The American Revolution was deeply moored in maritime matters. Benjamin Franklin explained this to an angry Parliament in 1766. He had been in London lobbying the British government on behalf of several North American colonies. Members of the House of Commons called on him to explain why colonists violently protested against the Stamp Act. Americans had rioted up and down the eastern seaboard when this legislation imposed a tax on printed documents in order to raise revenue to pay down debts the British government had incurred fighting the Seven Years' War."--Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung Highlighting the British Navy's appropriation of American ships and mariners! Poseidon's Curse places the American Revolution in its wider Atlantic World context! demonstrating how events on and around the Atlantic Ocean helped cause the Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Seapower and commerce: an Atlantic minuet; 2. British naval impressment in the Atlantic world; 3. Profits; 4. Property; 5. Liberty; 6. Earnings; 7. Employment; 8. Liberty; 9. A spirit of rebellion; 10. Rebellious acts; Conclusion.
