Loyalists and Community in North America - (Contributions in American History) by Timothy M Barnes & Robert M Calhoon (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is the first collection of Loyalist scholarship to span the 13 independent states and the Florida and Canadian provinces that remained loyal to the Crown in the American Revolution. The Loyalists disrupted the colonial communities in which they lived in ways that helped define the Revolution. Loyalist garrison towns became a pathological environment of violence and suspicion, which brought out the worst in patriot, British, and Loyalist behavior. In Canada, Loyalist exiles tried to create model Anglo-American communities, but in the end had to jettison Loyalist ideology to claim a new British North American identity.

Book Synopsis

This book is the first collection of Loyalist scholarship to span the 13 independent states and the Florida and Canadian provinces that remained loyal to the Crown in the American Revolution. The Loyalists disrupted the colonial communities in which they lived in ways that helped define the Revolution. Loyalist garrison towns became a pathological environment of violence and suspicion, which brought out the worst in patriot, British, and Loyalist behavior. In Canada, Loyalist exiles tried to create model Anglo-American communities, but in the end had to jettison Loyalist ideology to claim a new British North American identity.

Review Quotes

.,.".a welcome addition to the literature on both loyalism and the Revolution at ground level."-Georgia Historical Quarterly

.,."a valuable book, illustrating the breadth of Loyalist studies and reaffirming the importance of the Loyalists, not only in the history of the American Revolution, but also in the broader history of North America. Recommended for both undergraduate and graduate readers."-Choice

.,."scholars, undergraduate and graduate teachers and students will all benefit from this useful collection that sets out the current state of loyalist historiography through its portrayal of the varieties and continuity of community experience in the Era of the American Revolution. All academic and large urban libraries will want a copy of this book on their shelves."-Canadian Journal of History

?....a welcome addition to the literature on both loyalism and the Revolution at ground level.?-Georgia Historical Quarterly

?...a valuable book, illustrating the breadth of Loyalist studies and reaffirming the importance of the Loyalists, not only in the history of the American Revolution, but also in the broader history of North America. Recommended for both undergraduate and graduate readers.?-Choice

?...scholars, undergraduate and graduate teachers and students will all benefit from this useful collection that sets out the current state of loyalist historiography through its portrayal of the varieties and continuity of community experience in the Era of the American Revolution. All academic and large urban libraries will want a copy of this book on their shelves.?-Canadian Journal of History

...".a welcome addition to the literature on both loyalism and the Revolution at ground level."-Georgia Historical Quarterly

..."a valuable book, illustrating the breadth of Loyalist studies and reaffirming the importance of the Loyalists, not only in the history of the American Revolution, but also in the broader history of North America. Recommended for both undergraduate and graduate readers."-Choice

..."scholars, undergraduate and graduate teachers and students will all benefit from this useful collection that sets out the current state of loyalist historiography through its portrayal of the varieties and continuity of community experience in the Era of the American Revolution. All academic and large urban libraries will want a copy of this book on their shelves."-Canadian Journal of History

About the Author

ROBERT M. CALHOON is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

TIMOTHY M. BARNES is Associate Professor of History at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

GEORGE A. RAWLYK is Professor of History at Queen's University.