Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330268261
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Excerpt from Political Ideas of the American Revolution: Britannic-American Contributions to the Problem of Imperial Organization 1765 to 1775 This work is intended in the first place as a contribution to International Law. In the second place, it is a chapter of Britannic Imperial History, arid in the third place it may be regarded as a fragment of the history of the United States. As I conceive it, the thing which George Washington deplored as the "monster of sovereignty" is the chief stumbling block of international cooperation. Jealous nationality will not surrender its title to a supposed supremacy, and as a consequence, international adjustments are rendered difficult, if not impossible. It is my belief that the British Empire, or, as it is better known today, the Britannic Commonwealth of Nations, presents one of our most completely equipped laboratories for the study of international relations, for there is being worked out the idea of a league of nations without too much idle discussion as to the residence of sovereignty. I have, therefore, selected that period of American history in which the thirteen colonies were struggling to become self-governing dominions, as indicative of the contribution America made to the supreme problem of politics while working within the laboratory of the Britannic Commonwealth. The separation from Great Britain took the colonies out of that laboratory, so there my story stops. Nevertheless, a proper understanding of the fundamental political and legal conceptions upon which the thinkers of this period worked takes us in some instances into material which was not set down until as late as 1790. It seems to me, however, that this fact, and the further fact that I do not concern myself with many of the ideas which the Americans formulated during the Revolution, but after the separation from Great Britain, do not invalidate my title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020263682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Adams provides a comprehensive examination of the political ideas that shaped the American Revolution and the colonies' relationship with Great Britain in the years leading up to the war. Through meticulous research, he highlights the contributions made by British and American political thought to the evolution of revolutionary ideology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher: New York : Barnes & Noble
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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POLITICAL IDEAS OF THE AMER RE
Author: Randolph Greenfield 1892-1951 AdamsPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781372090202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781437078244
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Political Ideas of the American Revolution
Author: Randolph G. AdamsThe Ideological Origins of American Federalism
Author: Alison L. LaCroixPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674062035
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Federalism is regarded as one of the signal American contributions to modern politics. Its origins are typically traced to the drafting of the Constitution, but the story began decades before the delegates met in Philadelphia. In this groundbreaking book, Alison LaCroix traces the history of American federal thought from its colonial beginnings in scattered provincial responses to British assertions of authority, to its emergence in the late eighteenth century as a normative theory of multilayered government. The core of this new federal ideology was a belief that multiple independent levels of government could legitimately exist within a single polity, and that such an arrangement was not a defect but a virtue. This belief became a foundational principle and aspiration of the American political enterprise. LaCroix thus challenges the traditional account of republican ideology as the single dominant framework for eighteenth-century American political thought. Understanding the emerging federal ideology returns constitutional thought to the central place that it occupied for the founders. Federalism was not a necessary adaptation to make an already designed system work; it was the system. Connecting the colonial, revolutionary, founding, and early national periods in one story reveals the fundamental reconfigurations of legal and political power that accompanied the formation of the United States. The emergence of American federalism should be understood as a critical ideological development of the period, and this book is essential reading for everyone interested in the American story.
The Royalist Revolution
Author: Eric NelsonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067473534X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey Finalist, George Washington Prize A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015 Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our “founding fathers” saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. The Royalist Revolution interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in favor of royal power—driven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch. “The Royalist Revolution is a thought-provoking book, and Nelson is to be commended for reviving discussion of the complex ideology of the American Revolution. He reminds us that there was a spectrum of opinion even among the most ardent patriots and a deep British influence on the political institutions of the new country.” —Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Wall Street Journal “A scrupulous archaeology of American revolutionary thought.” —Thomas Meaney, The Nation “A powerful double-barrelled challenge to historiographical orthodoxy.” —Colin Kidd, London Review of Books “[A] brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution.” —John Brewer, New York Review of Books