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Eliga H. Gould
Researcher at University of New Hampshire
Publications - 26
Citations - 1971
Eliga H. Gould is an academic researcher from University of New Hampshire. The author has contributed to research in topics: Empire & Atlantic World. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1930 citations.
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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837.
Eliga H. Gould,Linda Colley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Colley explains how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the 1707 Act of Union, and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade and imperial expansion.
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Entangled Histories, Entangled Worlds: The English-Speaking Atlantic as a Spanish Periphery
TL;DR: Menendez and his co-defenders, who had served in Menendez's company, were also freemen, but Vezian argued that neither witness was to be believed and instead invoked the indisputable evidence of skin color as mentioned in this paper.
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The Persistence of Empire: British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution
TL;DR: The authors examines the British public's predominantly loyal reponse to its government's actions in America and argues that the public accepted ill-conceived projects, such as the Stamp Act, because theirs was an "armchair" patriotism based on paying others to fight their battles for them.
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Zones of Law, Zones of Violence: The Legal Geography of the British Atlantic, circa 1772
TL;DR: Somerset v. Stewart as mentioned in this paper was the first case in which a judge ruled that a fugitive slave living in England could not be returned to Jamaica and must be discharged instead.
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Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire
TL;DR: According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself as discussed by the authors, and the Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.