Independence Lost

Kathleen DuVal

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Random House USA Inc
15 August 2015

History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

This arresting new perspective on the American Revolution through the eyes of outsiders (Native Americans, women, slaves, British loyalists, etc.) reveals the war as a global conflict with ramifications that would extend far beyond the lives of the citizens of the former colonies.

In an entirely new, global perspective on the Revolutionary period, Kathleen DuVal reveals personal stories such as that of Irish trader Oliver Pollock, Scottish plantation owners James and Isabella Bruce, and Creek leader Alexander McGillivray for whom the American Revolution was more complicated than the issue of colonial independence. These individuals, their communities, and nations weighed their options, deciding based on personal interests whether independent states or loyal British colonies would best serve them as neighbors, let alone future rulers. DuVal explores how so-called American independence affected the lives of those living on the edges of British colonial America, such as slaves, Indians, women, and the colonists of other European nations and finds that the war left some much more free than others.

For most of its duration, the outcome of the Revolutionary War was far from certain. DuVal brings us to a region on the edge of the war where it seems that everyone was hedging their bets-the Gulf Coast. As the British tried to hold onto the thirteen rebelling colonies that would eventually be the nascent United States, their loyal colony of West Florida was left vulnerable to Spanish invasion from the west. With the British stretched thin fighting two wars, the clashing empires found enemies and allies for whom loyalty was a calculation more than a feeling.

Story Locale- 18th-century Gulf Coast region

By: Kathleen DuVal
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 772g
ISBN: 9781400068951
ISBN 10: 1400068959
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathleen DuVal teaches Early American history and American Indian history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her previous books include The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent, winner of the J. G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. She is also co-editor of Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America.

Reviews for Independence Lost

Advance praise for Independence Lost With deep research and lively writing, Kathleen DuVal musters a compelling cast to recover the dramatic story of the American Revolution in borderlands uneasily shared by rival empires, enslaved people, and defiant natives. She deftly reveals powerful but long-hidden dimensions of a revolution rich with many possible alternatives to the triumph of the United States. --Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy In a completely new take on the American Revolution and a riveting contribution to history, Kathleen DuVal explains how an unexpected cast of Gulf Coast characters fought for their own version of self-determination. The story is gripping, rife with pathos, double-dealing, and intrigue. The outcome is compelling, reverberating through American history to the present. --Elizabeth A. Fenn, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Encounters at the Heart of the World Independence Lost is an extraordinary achievement. Rooting compelling personal stories in deep original research, Kathleen DuVal brings to life a war for American independence that will be utterly new to most readers. --Daniel K. Richter, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Before the Revolution Kathleen DuVal has found an exciting and accessible way to convey this history without sacrificing the richness and intricacy of a part of North America where multiple Indian nations--as well as Britain, France, Spain, and the emerging United States--competed with one another for power. --AndrEs ResEndez, author of A Land So Strange A superb example of how the familiar becomes unfamiliar when viewed from a fresh angle, Independence Lost is a work of stunning scholarship with which anyone interested in the origins of the United States will have to contend. --Andrew Cayton, co-author of The Dominion of War With stirring prose and through inventive, indefatigable research, Kathleen DuVal recovers a place in time and a cast of compelling characters that seldom feature in our accounts of the wars that created the United States. The result is an important, original, and entirely unforgettable book. --Jane Kamensky, author of The Exchange Artist