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List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 one Family Politics, 1745–1770 9 two The Absence of Empire, 1770–1773 25 three Promised Land, 1773–1774 56 four A Refugee’s Revolution, 1775–1781 94 five Abiding Ambitions, 1781–1796 131 Conclusion, 1796–1809 179 A Note on Method: Biography and Empire 185 Notes 189 Bibliography 237 Index 261 Contents ...

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