Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837

List of Maps.

Preface.

A Note on Currency.

Frequently Used Abbreviations.

Part I: Nations, Lands, Peoples.

1 Nations and Kingdoms.

2 Landscapes in Motion.

3 Knowing One’s Place.

Part II: Party Strife and Revolution, 1660–1689.

4 The Culture of Politics.

5 Preserving the Constitution.

6 A Disjointed Empire.

Part III: The Legacy of Revolution, 1689–1722.

7 The Fortunes of War, 1689–1710.

8 The Crisis of the Hanoverian Succession, 1710–1722.

9 Art, Science, and Politics.

Part IV: State and Empire, 1722–1760.

10 Whigs and Patriots.

11 Polite Society and Its Discontents.

12 An Empire Emerging.

Part V: The Fall of the First British Empire, 1760–1784.

13 The Patriot King, 1760–1770.

14 The American Crisis, 1770–1784.

15 The Wealth of a Nation.

Part VI: Britain Against Revolution, 1783–1815.

16 The Nation Preserved.

17 Remaking the Empire.

18 Enlightened Culture.

Part VII: A New Order Begins, 1815–1837.

19 The State Reformed.

20 A Class Society.

21 Imperial Portraits.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.