“The Socio-Cultural Impact of the War of American Independence on Liverpool, 1775-83.”

Hill, SJ (2016) “The Socio-Cultural Impact of the War of American Independence on Liverpool, 1775-83.”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. ISSN 1754-0208

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Abstract

Much has been written about how the American Revolutionary War affected the British Isles. However, Liverpool (arguably the second city of empire) rarely features within such literature. This article redresses this oversight, and considers the socio-cultural impact of the war on the town. Liverpool will illustrate three key themes: first, that, contrary to some suggestions, eighteenth-century warfare did impact on British society; second, that both the localities and the central fiscal-military state influenced the agenda; third, that warfare generated division and unity. This third point has important implications for our understanding of British opinion, imperial ideology and national identity c.1775-83.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Hill, S. (2016) The Socio-Cultural Impact of the War of American Independence on Liverpool, 1775-83. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, doi: 10.1111/1754-0208.12408., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12408. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2005 Literary Studies, 2103 Historical Studies
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisions:	Humanities and Social Science
Publisher:	Wiley
Date of acceptance:	28 January 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access:	3 June 2018
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2016 08:36
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 04:10
DOI or ID number:	10.1111/1754-0208.12408
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4617

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