This handbook provides up-to-date scholarship on all aspects of the globally important Seven Years' War (1756-1763). The volume carefully examines the three major areas of conflict in the war (Europe, South Asia, and the Americas) treating each theater as distinct from one another but linked in significant ways that helped create a new geopolitics from the 1760s onward.

The Oxford Handbook of the Seven Years' War Introduction Trevor Burnard, Emma Hart, and Marie Houllemare Part One: Global War 1. Armies Stephen Conway 2. Manpower Matthew Dziennik 3. Warfare: Tactics and Technology Émilie Dosquet 4. Resources Peter H. Wilson 5. Disease and Medicine during a Global War: Forging a European Identity Erica Charters 6. Empires François-Joseph Ruggiu 7. Maritime Warfare and the Expansion of British Seapower in the Seven Years' War Anna Brinkman 8. Making Peace in a World at War: The Treaty of Paris (1763) Eliga Gould Part Two: Europe 9. Europe and Global Dynamics, 1713-1755 Sven Externbrink 10. Going to War Paul Vo-Ha 11. The Third Silesian War Adam L. Storring 12. European Geopolitics, 1756-1783 Edmond Dziembowski 13. Maritime Law and Neutrality in the Seven Years' War Leos Müller 14. The Economic and Financial Consequences of the Seven Years' War in Europe Manuel Covo Part Three: South Asia 15. The Mughal Empire Abhishek Kaicker 16. The East India Companies and the Seven Years' War Danna Agmon and Philip J. Stern 17. War in South Asia Kaushik Roy 18. The Indian Ocean World Jonathan Eacott 19. Aftermaths of War in South Asia Elizabeth Cross 20. Climate, Environment, and Crisis in Eighteenth Century India Vinita Damodaran 21. The Aftermath of the War: French Careers in Eighteenth Century India Seema Alavi Part Four: Americas and Africa 22. North America and the World, Late Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Century Paul Mapp 23. North American Breakdown Michael A. McDonnell 24. War in North America Eric Hinderaker 25. War in the Caribbean Eric Schnakenbourg 26. The Seven Years' War in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires Kristie Patricia Flannery 27. The Seven Years' War in West Africa Pernille Røge 28. Africans, Slavery, and the Slave Trade Maria Alessandra Bollettino 29. Native America after 1763 Susan Sleeper-Smith 30. "'Exchanging French Slavery for English Liberty": Governing by Humanity and Sound Policy In Post-Conquest Quebec? Nancy Christie 31. The American Revolution Edward G. Gray Part Five: Global Themes and Dynamics 32. Visual Arts and Culture Douglas Fordham 33. Luxury and Consumption Robert S. DuPlessis 34. Science and Technology during the Seven Years' War Stéphane Van Damme 35. Demography and the Seven Years' War Mark Peterson 36. Women and Gender Sara T. Damiano 37. Religion and Politics in the Seven Years' War Brian Young and Richard Whatmore 38. Commemoration and Memory Marian Füssel Index

Trevor Burnard is the Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation and the Director of the Wilberforce Institute at the University of Hull; Emma Hart is the Roy F. and Jeanette P. Nichols Chair in American History and the Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; Marie Houllemare is Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Geneva.

Selling point: Provides up-to-date scholarship on the global dimensions of the Seven Years' War, from an international lineup of leading scholars Selling point: Offers an authoritative examination of all aspects of this consequential war, not just in military matters but a range of social, economic, and cultural issues Selling point: Offers a major contribution to understanding a global conflict that was transformative in the eighteenth century and beyond