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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521445108
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Revolution, 1775-1783; Religion And Politics; U.S. Political History; Politics/International Relations; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; To 1775; History; History / Great Britain; United States--Politics and government--To 1775; Politics and government; 1775-1783; Religious aspects; United States
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."