This paper uses new data about the British state in the 17th and 18th centuries to raise question... more This paper uses new data about the British state in the 17th and 18th centuries to raise questions about the fiscal-military state paradigm of state formation that has come to dominate the literature
The War of Jenkins Ear was not a straightforward war of imperial expansion in the Caribbean. Ins... more The War of Jenkins Ear was not a straightforward war of imperial expansion in the Caribbean. Instead it was an imperial struggle fought throughout North America that focused less on Anglo-Spanish rivalry in the Caribbean than a broad struggle over empire in which the British and French were the chief protagonists. The struggle was as much involved the North American interior as much as the Caribbean. Both British and French wanted to control the Spanish American trade. But the war was triggered by an ideological struggle over imperial strategy in Britain. In the struggle Georgia played a key role. The Patriot imperial strategy that emerged from this struggle in Britain formed one part of an ideological debate that ultimately culminated in the American Revolution
This paper uses new data about the British state in the 17th and 18th centuries to raise question... more This paper uses new data about the British state in the 17th and 18th centuries to raise questions about the fiscal-military state paradigm of state formation that has come to dominate the literature
The War of Jenkins Ear was not a straightforward war of imperial expansion in the Caribbean. Ins... more The War of Jenkins Ear was not a straightforward war of imperial expansion in the Caribbean. Instead it was an imperial struggle fought throughout North America that focused less on Anglo-Spanish rivalry in the Caribbean than a broad struggle over empire in which the British and French were the chief protagonists. The struggle was as much involved the North American interior as much as the Caribbean. Both British and French wanted to control the Spanish American trade. But the war was triggered by an ideological struggle over imperial strategy in Britain. In the struggle Georgia played a key role. The Patriot imperial strategy that emerged from this struggle in Britain formed one part of an ideological debate that ultimately culminated in the American Revolution
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