The Language of Liberty 16601832
Subtitle: Political Discourse and Social Dynamics in the Anglo-American World, 16601832
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 29, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521449571
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Politics and government; History - General History; History - U.S.; United States; History: World; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Religious aspects; Europe - Great Britain - General; United States - Colonial Period; Western Europe - General; History / Great Britain; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History-Europe - Great Britain - General; History-Western Europe - General; United States--Politics and government--To 17; History; 1775-1783; Revolution, 1775-1783; To 1775
First sentence: "By the mid-eighteenth century, Englishmen on both sides of the Atlantic proclaimed their faith in liberty: they appealed to a common constitutional tradition even as they disputed its ownership and its application."