Imperial republics : revolution, war, and territorial expansion from the English Civil War to the French Revolution / Edward G. Andrew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrew, Edward, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Rome--History.

Republicanism--Rome--History.

Imperialism.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.

United States--Intellectual life--18th century.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Republicanism and imperialism are typically understood to be located at opposite ends of the political spectrum. In Imperial Republics, Edward G. Andrew challenges the supposed incompatibility of these theories with regard to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France. Many scholars have noted the influence of the Roman state on the ideology of republican revolutionaries, especially in the model it provided for transforming subordinate subjects into autonomous citizens. Andrew finds an equally important parallel between Rome's expansionary dynamic - in contrast to that of Athens, Sparta, or Carthage - and the imperial rivalries that emerged between the United States, France, and England in the age of revolutions. Imperial Republics is a sophisticated, wide-ranging examination of the intellectual origins of republican movements, and explains why revolutionaries felt the need to 'don the toga' in laying the foundation for their own uprisings."--Pub. desc

Contents:

Rome in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter One. Machiavelli in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter Two. Republicanism in the English Civil War

Chapter Three. Catonic Virtue, Sweet Commerce and Imperial Rivalry

Chapter Four. Colony to Nation to Empire

Chapter Five. Caesar to Brutus to Augustus

Chapter Six. Le Royaume and la Patrie; France in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter Seven. The Role of Brutus in the French Revolution

Chapter Eight. Imperial Pride and Anxiety: Gibbon's Roman Empire and Ferguson's Roman Republic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-9587-0

1-4426-9586-2

OCLC:

815382974