{"product_id":"subjects-and-sovereign-bonds-of-belonging-in-the-eighteenth-century-british-empire-9780190465810","title":"Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire","description":"In the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, when a variety of conquered and ceded territories became part of an expanding British Empire, crucial struggles emerged about what it meant to be a British subject. Individuals in Grenada, Quebec, Minorca, Gibraltar, and Bengal debated the meanings\u003cbr\u003eand rights of subjecthood, with many capitalizing on legal ambiguities and local exigencies to secure access to political and economic benefits. Inhabitants and colonial administrators transformed subjecthood into a shared language, practice, and opportunity as individuals proclaimed their\u003cbr\u003eallegiance to the crown and laid claim to a corresponding set of protections. Approaching subjecthood as a protean and porous concept, rather than an immutable legal status, \u003cem\u003eSubjects and Sovereign\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that it was precisely subjecthood's fluidity and imprecision that rendered it so useful\u003cbr\u003eto a remarkably diverse group of individuals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Hannah Weiss Muller reexamines the traditional bond between subjects and sovereign and argues that this relationship endured as a powerful site for claims-making throughout the eighteenth century. Muller analyzes both legal understandings of subjecthood, as well as the popular\u003cbr\u003etradition of declaring rights, in order to demonstrate why subjects believed they were entitled to make requests of their sovereign. She reconsiders narratives of upheaval during the Age of Revolution and insists on the relevance and utility of existing structures of state and sovereign.\u003cbr\u003eEmphasizing the stories of subjects who successfully leveraged their loyalty and negotiated their status, she also explores how and why subjecthood remained an organizing and contested principle of the eighteenth-century British Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy placing the relationship between subjects and sovereign at the heart of her analysis, Muller offers a new perspective on a familiar period and suggests that imperial integration was as much about flexible and expansive conceptions of belonging as it was about shared economic, political, and\u003cbr\u003eintellectual networks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Weiss Muller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190465810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Weiss Muller\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Brandeis University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39988406190195,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0b82adb1-58f9-49a5-86a3-08649ddbd47d.jpg?v=1649771193","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/subjects-and-sovereign-bonds-of-belonging-in-the-eighteenth-century-british-empire-9780190465810","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}