Loyalism and the Formation of the British World, 1775-1914 - 9781843839125

Loyalism and the Formation of the British World, 1775-1914Author(s): Allan Blackstock, Frank O'Gorman, Allan Blackstock, Andrew Holmes, Brad Patterson, Donald MacRaild, Frank O'Gorman, Jacqueline Hill, Katrina Navickas, Keith Mason\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781843839125, 978-1843839125\nSynopsis\nExplores loyalism as a social and political force in eighteenth and nineteenth century British colonies and former colonies.\n\nLoyalism in Britain and Ireland, which was once seen as a crude reaction against radicalism or nationalism, stimulated by the elite and blindly followed by plebeians, has recently been shown by historians to have been, on the contrary, a politically multi-faceted, socially enabling phenomenon which did much to shape identity in the British Isles. This book takes further this revised picture by considering loyalism in the wider British World. It considersthe overall nature of loyalise