The language of liberty, 1660-1832 political discourse and social dynamics in the Anglo-American world /
"This book creates a new framework for the political and intellectual relations between the British Isles and America in a momentous period which witnessed the formation of modern states on both sides of the Atlantic and the extinction of an Anglican, aristocratic and monarchical order. Jonatha...
| Main Author: | Clark, J. C. D. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 404 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary: |
"This book creates a new framework for the political and intellectual relations between the British Isles and America in a momentous period which witnessed the formation of modern states on both sides of the Atlantic and the extinction of an Anglican, aristocratic and monarchical order. Jonathan Clark integrates evidence from law and religion to reveal how the dynamics of early modern societies were essentially denominational. In a study of British and American discourse, he shows how rival conceptions of liberty were expressed in the conflicts created by Protestant dissent's hostility to an Anglican hegemony. The book argues that this model provides a key to collective acts of resistance to the established order throughout the period. The book's final section focuses on the defining episode for British and American history, and shows the way in which the American Revolution can be understood as a war of religion." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/93008263.html. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the structure of Anglo-American political discourse -- The conflict between laws : sovereignty and state formation in the United Kingdom and the United States -- The conflict between denominations : the religious identity of early-modern societies -- Predispositions : rebellion and its social constituencies in the English Atlantic empire, 1660-1832 -- Political mobilisation : the American Revolution as a war of religion. "This book creates a new framework for the political and intellectual relations between the British Isles and America in a momentous period which witnessed the formation of modern states on both sides of the Atlantic and the extinction of an Anglican, aristocratic and monarchical order. Jonathan Clark integrates evidence from law and religion to reveal how the dynamics of early modern societies were essentially denominational. In a study of British and American discourse, he shows how rival conceptions of liberty were expressed in the conflicts created by Protestant dissent's hostility to an Anglican hegemony. The book argues that this model provides a key to collective acts of resistance to the established order throughout the period. The book's final section focuses on the defining episode for British and American history, and shows the way in which the American Revolution can be understood as a war of religion." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/93008263.html. |
| Physical Description: |
xviii, 404 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0521445108 9780521445108 052144957X 9780521449571 |