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Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
National Book · 2011 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | 2011 | Winner |
About This Book
Maya Jasanoff follows sixty thousand American Loyalists who fled the new United States after the Revolution, tracking them to Canada, the Bahamas, Sierra Leone, and India. Her global history reveals a counter-narrative to American founding mythology, showing how the Revolution produced a massive refugee crisis whose consequences shaped the British Empire. The book won the Bancroft Prize and the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.
About the Author
Maya JasanoffAmerican
Maya Jasanoff (born 1974) is an American historian and author specializing in the history of the British Empire and global history, serving as the Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University. History. Her notable works include Edge of Empire (2005, Duff Cooper Prize), Liberty's Exiles (2011, National Book Critics Circle Award), and The Dawn Watch (2017, Cundill History Prize and Windham-Campbell Prize), blending rigorous scholarship with narrative storytelling. Read more →
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