The Fault Lines of Empire is a fascinating comparative study of two communities in the early modern British Empire--one in Massachusetts, the other in Nova Scotia. Elizabeth Mancke focuses on these two locations to examine how British attempts at reforming their empire impacted the development of divergent political customs in the United States and Canada.

Introduction, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 1 Corporate Structure and Private Interest: The Mid-Eighteenth-Century Expansion of New England, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 2 Liverpool, Machias, and the North Atlantic Region: An Historical, Demographic, and Economic Profile, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 3 Dividing the Land, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 4 Choosing Sides: Liverpool and Machias and the Imperial Conflict, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 5 Bearing Arms: The Military Involvement of Liverpool and Machias in the American Revolution, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 6 The Transformation of New England Congregationalism, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 7 The Structure and Functions of Local Government, Elizabeth Mancke; Chapter 8 Conclusion Divergent Structures of Power in the Anglo-Atlantic World, Elizabeth Mancke;