Trevor Burnard is the Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation and the Director of the Wilberforce Institute at the University of Hull; Emma Hart is the Roy F. and Jeanette P. Nichols Chair in American History and the Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; Marie Houllemare is Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Geneva.

• The Oxford Handbook of the Seven Years' War IntroductionTrevor Burnard, Emma Hart, and Marie Houllemare Part One: Global War 1. ArmiesStephen Conway2. ManpowerMatthew Dziennik3. Warfare: Tactics and TechnologyÉmilie Dosquet4. ResourcesPeter H. Wilson5. Disease and Medicine during a Global War: Forging a European IdentityErica Charters6. EmpiresFrançois-Joseph Ruggiu7. Maritime Warfare and the Expansion of British Seapower in the Seven Years' WarAnna Brinkman8. Making Peace in a World at War: The Treaty of Paris (1763)Eliga Gould Part Two: Europe 9. Europe and Global Dynamics, 1713-1755Sven Externbrink10. Going to WarPaul Vo-Ha11. The Third Silesian War Adam L. Storring12. European Geopolitics, 1756-1783Edmond Dziembowski13. Maritime Law and Neutrality in the Seven Years' War Leos Müller14. The Economic and Financial Consequences of the Seven Years' War in Europe Manuel Covo Part Three: South Asia 15. The Mughal EmpireAbhishek Kaicker16. The East India Companies and the Seven Years' WarDanna Agmon and Philip J. Stern17. War in South AsiaKaushik Roy18. The Indian Ocean WorldJonathan Eacott19. Aftermaths of War in South AsiaElizabeth Cross20. Climate, Environment, and Crisis in Eighteenth Century IndiaVinita Damodaran21. The Aftermath of the War: French Careers in Eighteenth Century IndiaSeema Alavi Part Four: Americas and Africa 22. North America and the World, Late Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth CenturyPaul Mapp 23. North American BreakdownMichael A. McDonnell24. War in North AmericaEric Hinderaker25. War in the CaribbeanEric Schnakenbourg26. The Seven Years' War in the Spanish and Portuguese EmpiresKristie Patricia Flannery27. The Seven Years' War in West AfricaPernille Røge28. Africans, Slavery, and the Slave TradeMaria Alessandra Bollettino29. Native America after 1763Susan Sleeper-Smith30. "'Exchanging French Slavery for English Liberty": Governing by Humanity and Sound Policy In Post-Conquest Quebec?Nancy Christie31. The American RevolutionEdward G. Gray Part Five: Global Themes and Dynamics 32. Visual Arts and CultureDouglas Fordham33. Luxury and ConsumptionRobert S. DuPlessis34. Science and Technology during the Seven Years' WarStéphane Van Damme35. Demography and the Seven Years' WarMark Peterson36. Women and GenderSara T. Damiano37. Religion and Politics in the Seven Years' WarBrian Young and Richard Whatmore38. Commemoration and MemoryMarian Füssel Index

Each chapter is fully footnoted and equipped with 'Further Reading'. There are many excellent maps and high-quality illustrations. For anyone approaching the Seven Years War-or indeed any aspect of mid eighteenth-century Europe-this hefty volume will be the starting-point. All contributors to this impressive and immensely valuable compendium convey illuminating information and insights.