Jacobitism and Anti-Jacobitism in the British Atlantic World, 1688-1727

An investigation of the concept of Jacobitism and its effects in the long eighteenth century. The first half of Britain's long eighteenth century was a period fraught with conflicts ranging from civil wars (1688-1691) to a series of Jacobite plots, intrigues, and rebellions. It was also a formative period marked by substantial changes including the growth and centralisation of an empire and the maturation of party politics and the public sphere. Covering almost forty years of this colourful hist