Title: Imperial republics : revolution, war, and territorial expansion from the English Civil War to the French Revolution /
Authors: Andrew, Edward, 1941-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Political science Rome History; Republicanism Rome History.; Imperialism; Idées politiques Rome Histoire.; Républicanisme Rome Histoire.; Impérialisme.; France History; Great Britain History; United States History; France Intellectual life; Great Britain Intellectual life; United States Intellectual life; France Histoire; Grande-Bretagne Histoire; États-Unis Histoire; France Vie intellectuelle; Grande-Bretagne Vie intellectuelle; États-Unis Vie intellectuelle
Abstract: "Republicanism and imperialism are typically understood to be located at opposite ends of the political spectrum. In Imperial Republics, Edward G. Andrew challenges the supposed incompatibility of these theories with regard to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France.
Contents: Rome in the Eighteenth Century. -- Chapter One. Machiavelli in the Eighteenth Century. -- Chapter Two. Republicanism in the English Civil War. -- Chapter Three. Catonic Virtue, Sweet Commerce and Imperial Rivalry. -- Chapter Four. Colony to Nation to Empire. -- Chapter Five. Caesar to Brutus to Augustus. -- Chapter Six. Le Royaume and la Patrie; France in the Eighteenth Century. -- Chapter Seven. The Role of Brutus in the French Revolution. -- Chapter Eight. Imperial Pride and Anxiety: Gibbon's Roman Empire and Ferguson's Roman Republic.