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1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Settlers, Liberty, and Empire traces the emergence of a revolutionary conception of political authority on the far shores of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Based on the equal natural right of English subjects to leave the realm, claim indigenous territory, and establish new governments by consent, this radical set of ideas culminated in revolution and republicanism. But unlike most scholarship on early American political theory, Craig Yirush does not focus solely on the revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century. Instead, he examines how the political ideas of settler elites in British North America emerged in the often-forgotten years between the Glorious Revolution in America and the American Revolution against Britain. By taking seriously an imperial world characterized by constitutional uncertainty, geo-political rivalry, and the ongoing presence of powerful Native American peoples, Yirush provides a long-term explanation for the distinctive ideas of the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Jasper Maudit's 'Instructions': The Imperial Roots of Early American Political Theory -- PART I. RESTORATION AND REBELLION: 1. English Rights in an Atlantic World; 2. The Glorious Revolution in America -- PART II. EMPIRE: 3. Jeremiah Dummer and the Defense of Chartered Government; 4. John Bulkley and the Mohegans; 5. Daniel Dulany and the Natural Right to English law; 6. Richard Bland and the Prerogative in Pre-Revolutionary Virginia -- PART III. REVOLUTION: 7. In Search of a Unitary Empire; 8. The Final Imperial Crisis -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political science -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Political science. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
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Politics and government. |
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To 1775 |
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To 1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Yirush, Craig, 1968- Settlers, Liberty, and Empire. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011 9780521193306 (DLC) 2010044678 (OCoLC)671386371 |
| ISBN |
9781139011907 (electronic book) |
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1139011901 (electronic book) |
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9780521193306 (hardback) |
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0521193303 (hardback) |
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9780521132466 (paperback) |
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0521132460 (paperback) |
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