Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Maps xi
5. Introduction. Worlds Overseas xiii
6. Note On The Text xxi
7. Part 1. Occupation
8. Map 2
9. Chapter 1. Intrusion And Empire 3
10. Chapter 2. Occupying American Space 29
11. Chapter 3. Confronting American Peoples 57
12. Part 2. Consolidation
13. Chapter 5. Crown And Colonists 117
14. Chapter 6. The Ordering Of Society 153
15. Chapter 7. America As Sacred Space 184
16. Chapter 8 Empire And Identity 219
17. Part 3. Emancipation
18. Chapter 9. Societies On The Move 255
19. Chapter 10. War And Reform 292
20. Chapter 11. Empires In Crisis 325
21. Chapter 12. A New World In The Making 369
22. Epilogue 403
23. Abbreviations 412
24. Notes 413
25. Bibliography 481
26. Index 517