Richard Middleton (1) (1941–)

Author of Colonial America: A History, 1565 - 1776

For other authors named Richard Middleton, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Richard Middleton was for many years Lecturer and Reader in American History at Queen's University Belfast. Among his various publications are The Bells of Victory: The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and the Conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762 (Cambridge University Press, 1985 and 2002), Colonial show more America: A History to 1763 (Blackwell, 1992, 1996, 2002 (and 2011 with Anne Lombard) and Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course and Consequences (Routledge, 2007). He is now an independent writer and scholar. show less

Works by Richard Middleton

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Colonial America: A History, 1565 - 1776 (2001) 99 copies

Colonial America: A History to 1763 (2011) 45 copies

Colonial America: A History, 1607-1760 (1992) 36 copies, 1 review

The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition: Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, and Bulletbows (2007) 29 copies

Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (2022) 26 copies

The War of American Independence: 1775-1783 (Modern Wars In Perspective) (2011) 14 copies

Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course and Consequences (2007) 13 copies

The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets: Catapults, Crossbows, Blowguns, Bullet-Bows and Airguns (2005) 12 copies

The Bells of Victory: The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and Conduct of the Seven Years' War 1757-1762 (1985) 10 copies

Amherst and the conquest of Canada : selected papers from the correspondence of Major-General Jeffrey Amherst while Commander-in-Chief in North America from September 1758 to… (2003) 2 copies

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Canonical name: Middleton, Richard
Legal name: Middleton, C. Richard
Birthdate: 1941-04-01
Gender: male
Education: University of Exeter (BA|1963|Ph.D|1969)
University College London
Occupations: historian
professor
Organizations: Queen's University Belfast
Fellow, Institute of Early American History and Culture
Irish Association for American Studies
Organization American Historians
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Places of residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Crokey20 18 reviews

Colonial America : a history, 1607-1760 by Richard Middleton

Fantastic single volume history of colonial America. A great introduction for someone like me who had no real background in American history. Full of suggested reading for an array of more specialized topics. Not only that, Middleton goes further and maps out the competing arguments of different historians over different issues. Very well balanced and very engrossing, I found myself lapping up chapters on topics I wouldn't have expected to find interesting at all.

Feb 24, 2023