Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780674443013
Copyright date: 1967
Subjects: General; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; USA; History; History - General History
Notes: An enlarged version of the General Introduction in the author's Pamphlets of the American Revolution, v. 1, published in 1965.
Pulitzer Prize, History, 1968.
Bancroft Prize, 1968.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: The literature of revolution; title: Sources and traditions; title: Power and liberty : a theory of politics; title: The logic of rebellion : a note on conspiracy; title: Transformation : Representation and consent ; Constitution and rights ; Sovereignty; title: The contagion of liberty : Slavery ; Establishment of religion ; The democracy unleashed ; "Whether some degrees of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors"