In Irons: Britain`s Naval Supremacy and the American Revolutionary Economy

by Richard Buel Jr.

An investigation into the influence of Britain's navy on the American revolutionary economy, particularly its agricultural sector, and the damage that Britain inflicted by seizing major colonial centres and denying Americans access to overseas markets.

Genres: History

416 pages, Hardcover

First published November 10, 1998

About the author

Richard Van Wyck Buel, Jr., is a professor emeritus of history at Wesleyan University, where he taught until his retirement in 2002. He earned a BA from Amherst College and an MA and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

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[helena · Rating 1 out of 5]

inaccurately titled