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The ideological origins of the American Revolution / Bernard Bailyn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bailyn, Bernard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- History.
- Political science--United States--History.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 396 pages.)
- Edition:
- Enlarged edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, "Fulfillment," as a Postscript. Here he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution. This detailed study of the persistence of the nation's ideological origins adds a new dimension to the book and projects its meaning forward into vital current concerns.
- Contents:
- Literature of revolution
- Sources and traditions
- Power and liberty: a theory of politics
- Logic of rebellion: Note on conspiracy
- Transportation: Representation and consent
- Constitution and rights
- Sovereignty
- Contagion of liberty
- Slavery
- Establishment of religion
- The democracy unleashed
- "Whether some degree of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors
- Postscript, Fulfillment : a commentary of the constitution
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Enlarged edition." This book is NOT in large print.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bailyn, Bernard. Ideological origins of the American Revolution.
- ISBN:
- 9780674076648
- 0674076648
- Publisher Number:
- 99977282252
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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