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The cousins' wars : religion, politics, and the triumph of Anglo-America /
The question at the heart of The Cousins' Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a cultural and linguistic hegemonic grip on the world today, while the other European powers - from Spain to Germany...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Basic Books,
©1999.
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| Online Access: | Book review (H-Net) Publisher description |
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The question at the heart of The Cousins' Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a cultural and linguistic hegemonic grip on the world today, while the other European powers - from Spain to Germany - did not. The answer to this, according to Phillips, can be found in a close examination of the English-speaking people's three major internecine conflicts - the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. These wars between cousins functioned as crucial anvils on which various religious, ethnic, and political alignments and successes were hammered out, setting Great Britain and America on a unique two-track path toward world leadership. |
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xxviii, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-682) and index. |
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0465013694 9780465013692 0465013708 9780465013708 |