Matthew Lockwood is assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama and the author of The Conquest of Death: Violence and the Birth of the Modern English State.
“Lockwood . . . has a keen eye for a good yarn, and there
are enthralling glimpses here of individual lives buffeted by the
American Revolution.”—Alex von Tunzelmann, New York Times Book
Review
“To Begin the World Over Again is a captivating journey through
the decade in which America wrestled with the British Crown.
Readers will enjoy Matthew Lockwood's vivid descriptions”
—Elizabeth Cobbs, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Lockwood constructs an immensely readable narrative that tracks
the global impact of the Revolution"—All About History
“To Begin the World Over Again is a thought-provoking and
fascinating account of the American Revolution’s unintended
consequences. It is also a delightfully readable book whose
enchanting prose almost made this professor late to his own
lecture.”—Mark G. Spencer, Times Literary Supplement
“A stunning narrative about the violent aftershocks of the American
Revolution. Lockwood shows how the American revolution set
off a global war in its own image that carried revolutionary
violence and imperial repression not only to Europe but also to
South America, India, Australia and Africa. His book movingly
portrays the consequences for indigenous and subject peoples all
over the globe, including those in the new United States.”—Stella
Tillyard, author of Aristocrats
“Matthew Lockwood is a master story-teller, deftly showcasing the
lives of ordinary people alongside the impact of historical ideas
and events. To Begin the World Over Again is enthralling,
provocative, and wonderfully enlightening.”—Amanda Foreman, author
of Georgiana
"It has seemed to each generation that the no more can be said
about the American Revolution; and then along comes a book like
this, to tell us we have been looking in the wrong places."—Robert
J. Allison, author of The American Revolution
“A major contribution to our understanding of the American
Revolution. Lockwood demonstrates that American independence had
global ramifications. He does so with an eye for telling detail and
graceful prose and deserves a wide audience of specialists and
general readers.”—Francis D. Cogliano, author of Thomas
Jefferson
“In an apt metaphor, Matthew Lockwood likens the American
Revolution to a stone cast into a pond, creating a splash whose
ripples radiated outward to shake up the whole world. In
addition to inspiring an "age of democratic revolutions" in France
and Latin America, the wartime alliance with France caused a domino
effect of warfare between Britain and several European powers
that reverberated as far away as India. And in
response to the loss of its American colonies, Britain reorganized
and expanded imperial expansion elsewhere until the sun truly did
not set on the empire. Lockwood untangles this
complex story in a tour de force of historical scholarship.”—James
M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
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