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. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume ; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview ; 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century ; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism ; 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World ; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 ; 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies ; 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1783 ; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration ; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances ; 11. 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. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume ; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview ; 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century ; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism ; 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World ; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 ; 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies ; 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1783 ; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration ; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances ; 11. 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. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume ; 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview ; 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century ; 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism ; 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World ; 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 ; 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies ; 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1783 ; 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration ; 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances ; 11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire ; Index

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