Here, he explores the increasingly uneasy relations between Britain and its American colonies and the social movements through which the 13 colonies overcame their seemingly deep internal antagonisms.Įlster documents the importance of the radical uncertainty about their opponents that characterized both British and American elites and reveals the often neglected force of enthusiasm, and of emotions more generally, in shaping beliefs and in motivating actions. With america before 1787, Jon Wlster offers the second volume of a projected trilogy that examines the emergence of constitutional politics in France and America.
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