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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459567403321

Autore

Toohey Robert E.

Titolo

Liberty and empire : British radical solutions to the American problem, 1774-1776 / / Robert E. Toohey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1978

©1978

ISBN

0-8131-8669-2

0-8131-6480-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

320.9/41/073

Soggetti

Radicalism - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1789

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Foreign public opinion, British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; ONE The Crisis of Empire; TWO On the Eve of the American Revolution; THREE Radical Spokesmen on Imperial Crisis, 1774-1776; FOUR A Commonwealth of Nations: John Cartwright; FIVE ""Home Rule"" for Ireland and America: Granville Sharp; SIX Parliamentary Reform: James Burgh; SEVEN The Force of Public Opinion: Catharine Macaulay; EIGHT A Question of Human Freedom: Richard Price; NINE Diverse Acquiescence in Radical Opinion; TEN Whig Politicians on Radical Ideas; ELEVEN British-American Radical Connections; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C

Sommario/riassunto

Though little known to most students of the American Revolution, the British Radicals of the 1770's championed the rights of Americans while advocating parliamentary reform and denouncing British colonial policies. Outspoken, eloquent, and innovative, the Radicals encouraged the American cause. They voiced ideas on liberty and empire that would echo through American revolutionary documents. Liberty and Empire focuses on five British Radicals. The farsighted John Cartwright's ideas



of reformation anticipated the Commonwealth of Nations. James Burgh's treatise on parliamentary reform became a