New Map of Empire - How Britain Imagined America Before Independence

In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain¿s imperial ambitions before the Revolution.

About the author

S. Max Edelson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Summary

In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain’s imperial ambitions before the Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: S Max Edelson, S. Max Edelson, Edelson S. Max
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780674972117
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97211-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Colonialism & imperialism, Cartography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Physical geography & topography