Elizabeth Mancke is an associate professor of history at the University of Akron in Ohio

'This Valuable analysis sheds light on the development of the two towns as well as on the cultures of New England and British North America from 1760 to 1830.' – The Journal of American History

• 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;