HIS2F - Challenging British Dominance

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HIS2F: Challenging British Dominance:
The Loss of the American Colonies,
1754–1783
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Challenging British Dominance: The Loss of the American Colonies, 1754–1783
Given below is a list of recommended resources. The publishers and ISBN numbers are
correct as at going to press. The books included in the lists which follow are not to be
regarded as set texts. It is not envisaged that all of the material listed will be used.
Some titles on this list may be out of print, but these should be available through libraries.
For Student Use
Author
Title
Publisher/year
ISBN Number
I Christie
Wars and Revolutions,
Britain 1760–1815
Chapters 4–6
Harvard, 1986
0674947614
A Farmer
Britain and the American
Colonies, 1700–1789
Hodder, 2008
TBC
For Student Reference
Author
Title
Publisher/year
ISBN Number
G Holmes and
D Szechi
The Age of Oligarchy,
Pre-industrial Britain 1722–1783
Chapters 17 and 21
Longman, 1993
0582209552
G Williams and
J Ramsden
Ruling Britannia, A Political
History of Britain 1688–1988
Chapters 5 and 7
Longman, 1990
0582490731
I Christie
Crisis of Empire, Great Britain
and the American Colonies
1754–1783
Norton, 1966
0393096505
J Owen
The Eighteenth Century 1714–
1815
Nelson, 1975
0177110503
D Jarrett
Britain 1688 to 1815
Chapters 9–11
Longman, 1965
0582313511
J Black
War for America, The Fight for
Independence 1775–1783
Sutton, 2001
0750928085
J Black
Warfare in the Eighteenth
Century
Harper Collins,
2006
0060851263
D Marston
The Seven Years’ War
Osprey, 2001
1841751915
H Bichano
Rebels and Redcoats, The
American Revolutionary War
Harper Collins,
2004
000715626X
G Wood
The American Revolution
Phoenix, 2005
0753818078
F Anderson
The War that made America
Penguin, 2006
0143038044
D Marston
The American Revolution 1774–
1783
Osprey, 2002
1841763438
D Marston
The French-Indian Wars
1754–1760
Osprey, 2002
1841764566
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For Student Reference
Author
P Whiteley
Title
Lord North:
The Prime Minister Who Lost
America
Publisher/year
Hambledon
Continuum, 2007
ISBN Number
9781852855192
Recommended for Teacher Use
Author
Title
Publisher/year
ISBN Number
P Langford
A Polite and Commercial
People, England 1727–1783
Chapters 8 and 11
Oxford Paperbacks,
1992
0192852531
P Langford
The Eighteenth Century 1688–
1815
Part 4
Oxford, 2002
0198731310
J Black
Pitt the Elder: The Great
Commoner - Warleader and
Statesman of Empire
Sutton, 1999
0750922761
K Perry
British Politics and the American
Revolution
Palgrave
Macmillan, 1990
0333404629
E Wright
Fabric of Freedom 1763–1800
Hill and Wang,
1978
0809001349
C Bonwick
The American Revolution
Palgrave
Macmillan, 2005
0333999266
P Thornas
Lord North
Allen Lane, 1976
0713908777
J Black
George III: America’s Last King
Yale University
Press, 2006
0300117329
W Fowler
Empires at War: The French
and Indian War and the Struggle
for North America, 1754–1763
Walker Publishing
Co, 2006
0802777376
F O’Gorman
The Long Eighteenth Century,
British Political and Social
History
1688–1832
Chapter 7
Hodder Arnold,
1997
0340567511
S Conway
The War of American
Independence 1775–1783
Arnold, 1995
034057626X
J E Ferlling
Almost a Miracle: The American
Victory in the War of
Independence
Oxford University
Press, 2007
9780195181210
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For General Reference
Author
Title
Publisher/year
ISBN Number
F Anderson
Crucible of War: The Seven
Years’ War and the Fate of
Empire in British North America,
1754–1766
Faber and Faber,
2000
0571205658
R Sheppard
(ed)
Empires Collide: The French
and Indian War 1754–83
Osprey, 2007
1846032199
P Marshall
(ed)
Oxford History of the British
Empire, Volume 2: The
Eighteenth Century
Chapters 14 and 15
Oxford University
Press, 2001
0199246777
S Ayling
George the Third
Collins, 1972
0002114127
P Kennedy
The Rise and Fall of British
Naval Mastery
Chapter 4
Penguin, 2004
0141011556
For General Reference
Author
Title
Publisher/year
ISBN Number
P Padfield
Maritime Supremacy and the
Opening of the Western Mind
1588–1782
Chapters 11–13
Overlook Press,
2002
1585671517
R Middlekauff
The Glorious Cause:
The American Revolution 1763–
1789
Oxford University
Press, 2007
019531588X
Useful Web Sites
www.number10.gov.uk
Biographies of PMs
www.militaryheritage.com
Seven Years War/French and
Indian Wars
www.bartleby.com
Seven Years War/French and
Indian Wars
www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm
The American Revolution
www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/america/war.htm
The American Revolution
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/americ
an_revolution_01.shtml
The American Revolution
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