Stephen Foster received his PhD in History from Yale University in 1966 and taught in the history department of Northern Illinois University from 1966 to 2002, retiring as Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. He has written three books of sole authorship and a large number of journal articles and book chapters on early American history and related aspects of Tudor-Stuart history. He is a Guggenheim fellow (1971-72) and has served as visiting editor of the major journal, The William and Mary Quarterly (1977-78).

• List of Maps List of Contributors Abbreviations 1: Stephen Foster: Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume 2: Stephen Foster and Evan Haefeli: British North America in the Empire: An Overview 3: Ken MacMillan: 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 4: Evan Haefeli: Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism 5: Jeremy Gregory: 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World 6: Robert E. Desrochers, Jr.: Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 7: Sarah Yeh: Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies 8: Troy Bickham: American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815 9: Nancy L. Rhoden: The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration 10: Daniel J. Hulsebosch: The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances 11: Jay Sexton: Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire Index

this collection is a joy and a wonder ... Highly recommended.

Stephen Foster received his PhD in History from Yale University in 1966 and taught in the history department of Northern Illinois University from 1966 to 2002, retiring as Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. He has written three books of sole authorship and a large number of journal articles and book chapters on early American history and related aspects of Tudor-Stuart history. He is a Guggenheim fellow (1971-72) and has served as visiting editor of the major journal, The William and Mary Quarterly (1977-78).

• List of Maps List of Contributors Abbreviations 1: Stephen Foster: Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume 2: Stephen Foster and Evan Haefeli: British North America in the Empire: An Overview 3: Ken MacMillan: 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 4: Evan Haefeli: Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism 5: Jeremy Gregory: 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World 6: Robert E. Desrochers, Jr.: Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 7: Sarah Yeh: Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies 8: Troy Bickham: American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815 9: Nancy L. Rhoden: The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration 10: Daniel J. Hulsebosch: The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances 11: Jay Sexton: Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire Index

this collection is a joy and a wonder ... Highly recommended.

Stephen Foster received his PhD in History from Yale University in 1966 and taught in the history department of Northern Illinois University from 1966 to 2002, retiring as Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus. He has written three books of sole authorship and a large number of journal articles and book chapters on early American history and related aspects of Tudor-Stuart history. He is a Guggenheim fellow (1971-72) and has served as visiting editor of the major journal, The William and Mary Quarterly (1977-78).

• List of Maps List of Contributors Abbreviations 1: Stephen Foster: Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume 2: Stephen Foster and Evan Haefeli: British North America in the Empire: An Overview 3: Ken MacMillan: 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 4: Evan Haefeli: Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism 5: Jeremy Gregory: 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World 6: Robert E. Desrochers, Jr.: Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 7: Sarah Yeh: Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies 8: Troy Bickham: American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1815 9: Nancy L. Rhoden: The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration 10: Daniel J. Hulsebosch: The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances 11: Jay Sexton: Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire Index

this collection is a joy and a wonder ... Highly recommended.