Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837 Book

List of Illustrations vii

List of Maps ix

Preface x

A Note on Currency xiii

Frequently Used Abbreviations xiv

Part I Nations, Lands, Peoples 1

1 Nations and Kingdoms 3

2 Landscapes in Motion 17

3 Knowing One's Place 32

Part II Party Strife and Revolution, 1660-1689 49

4 The Culture of Politics 51

5 Preserving the Constitution 61

6 A Disjointed Empire 78

Part III The Legacy of Revolution, 1689-1722 97

7 The Fortunes of War, 1689-1710 99

8 The Crisis of the Hanoverian Succession, 1710-1722 117

9 Art, Science, and Politics 132

Part IV State and Empire, 1722-1760 145

10 Whigs and Patriots 147

11 Polite Society and Its Discontents 170

12 An Empire Emerging 190

Part V The Fall of the First British Empire, 1760-1784 205

13 The Patriot King, 1760-1770 207

14 The American Crisis, 1770-1784 222

15 The Wealth of a Nation 241

Part VI Britain Against Revolution, 1783-1815 259

16 The Nation Preserved 261

17 Remaking the Empire 283

18 Enlightened Culture 301

Part VII A New Order Begins, 1815-1837 317

19 The State Reformed 319

20 A Class Society 339

21 Imperial Portraits 359

Conclusion 376

Notes 382

Bibliography 397

Index 415