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The ideological origins of the American Revolution / Bernard Bailyn.
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Bailyn, Bernard
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English
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Fiftieth anniversary edition.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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xxxiv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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JA84.U5 B3 2017
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Political science
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United States
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History
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Revolution, 1775-1783
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Summary note
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution is a classic of American historical literature--required reading for understanding the Founders' ideas and their struggles to implement them. In the preface to this 50th anniversary edition, Bernard Bailyn isolates the Founders' profound concern with the uses and misuses of power.-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The literature of revolution
Sources and traditions
Power and liberty: a theory of politics
The logic of rebellion : a note on conspiracy
Transformation
Representation and consent
Constitution and rights
Sovereignty
The contagion of liberty
Slavery
Establishment of religion
The democracy unleashed
"Whether some degree of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors".
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Bailyn, Bernard. Ideological origins of the American Revolution. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©1967
ISBN
9780674975651 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0674975650 (paperback : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2016057221
OCLC
959805915
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