James M. Vaughn is Assistant Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of The Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III (2019).Robert A. Olwell is Associate Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is the author of Masters, Slaves, and Subjects (1998).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements List of Contributors1. Introduction: The Spirit of 1763 Robert A. Olwell (University of Texas at Austin, USA)2. The Ideological Origins of Illiberal Imperialism: Metropolitan Politics and the Post-1763 Transformation of the British Empire James M. Vaughn (University of Texas at Austin, USA)3. Forging the Laws of Subjecthood after 1763 Hannah Weiss Muller (Brandeis University, USA)4. Multi-Confessional Governance: Incorporating Catholics in the British Empire, 1713-1783 Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs (University of Florida, USA)5. 1763 and the Genesis of British Africa Christopher Leslie Brown (Columbia University, USA) 6. Rebellion of the Puppet Nabob:Mir Qasim’s Desperate Campaign against the East India Company Sudipta Sen (UC Davis, USA) 7. A Tale of Two Treaties:Negotiating with the Indians in Bengal and Florida in 1765 Robert A. Olwell (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 8. The East India Company’s “Ancient Form of Government” and the Exigencies of Empire:Bengal 1765 to 1773 P. J. Marshall (King's College, UK)9. Varieties of “Patriotism” in the Post-1763 British Empire: The Strange Career of Charles Lee David L. Preston (The Citadel, USA)10. Epilogue: The Spirit of 1773 James M. Vaughn (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Index

A collective work of seminal scholarship, Envisioning Empire is unreservedly recommended, especially for college and university library 18th Century History collections and supplemental studies lists.