William Robertson’s Unfinished History of America. The Foundation of the British Empire in North America and the Scottish Enlightenment
Historian and clergyman William Robertson never completed his history of British America. His initial project, that of glorifying the power of the British Empire, no longer made sense when the Thirteen Colonies became independent. This paper analyses the reasons why Robertson nevertheless preserved...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/10326 |