Three British Revolutions : : 1641, 1688, 1776 / / John Greville Agard Pocock.

In this collection of essays, a group of distinguished American and British historians explores the relations between the American Revolution and its predecessors, the Puritan Revolution of 1641 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the la...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1980
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 698
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Physical Description:1 online resource (484 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword --
Contributors --
Introduction --
Part I. The Theme Stated and Explored --
1. The Results of the English Revolutions of the Seventeenth Century --
2. A Bourgeois Revolution? --
3. Crisis and Regrouping in the Political Elites: England from the 1630s to the 1660s --
Part II. Aspects of the Revolutions --
4. Three British Revolutions and the Personality of Kingship --
5. Tradition and Innovation and the Great Rebellion --
6. The Bill of Rights: Epitome of the Revolution of 1688-89 --
7. Two American Revolutions, 1689 and 1776 --
Part III. The Theme Revisited --
8. 1776: The Revolution Against Parliament --
9. Parliament, Empire, and Parliamentary Law, 1776 --
10. English Radicalism in the Age of George III --
11. The Great Inversion, or Court Versus Country: A Comparison of the Revolution Settlements in England (1688-1721) and America (1776-1816) --
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Summary:In this collection of essays, a group of distinguished American and British historians explores the relations between the American Revolution and its predecessors, the Puritan Revolution of 1641 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400856473
9783110413441
9783110413663
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400856473
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: John Greville Agard Pocock.