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McConville Brendan <1962-> |
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The king's three faces : the rise & fall of royal America, 1688-1776 / / Brendan McConville |
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Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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979-88-908806-1-1 |
0-8078-3886-1 |
1-4696-0093-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Collana |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Monarchy - Great Britain - Public opinion - History - 18th century |
Public opinion - United States - History - 18th century |
Political culture - United States - History - 18th century |
United States Politics and government To 1775 |
United States Politics and government 1775-1783 |
Great Britain Foreign public opinion, American History 18th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Princes and Popes in the American Provinces; PART ONE: THE BRITISH PEACE; Chapter One: Tyranny's Kiss; In Thomas Hobbes's Study; Subcultures; Tyranny's Kiss; Popery Pickled; From Covenant to Contract; Chapter Two: The March of Empire; Samuel Sewall's Lament; Pope's Day Established; The March of Empire; The Empire Composite; William Stephens Brings the Empire to Georgia; The Historic Empire Inverted; Chapter Three: Remembrance of Kings Past; Theories of History, Modes of Reasoning |
The English Civil Wars in Provincial Political MemoryMemories of a Violent Past; Oliver and Charles, William and Mary . . . and Empire; Chapter Four: The Passions of Empire; ""This Celestial Venus""; |
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Romaphobia; Envy, Desire, and the Commodification of Monarchy; The Consumption of Images; Of Ralph and Will; PART TWO: THREE FACES; Chapter Five: The Problem with Patriarchy; Anglicization in the Imperial Marches; Population and the Problem of Patriarchal Desires; Zenger Reconsidered; American Stories Retold; Chapter Six: In the Name of the Father; In the Name of the Father; In Pharaoh's Name |
The American ConcertOf Dynasty and Dissent; Chapter Seven: Neoabsolutism; Time Amended; A Newtonian Sun King; Divine Right Reborn; Neoabsolutism and Land in the American Provinces; Chapter Eight: Dreams of a New Empire; Designs Shaped by Defense; America as Ireland?; An India for Indians?; Counterfactual Speculations; Dinner in Marseilles; PART THREE: A FUNERAL FIT FOR A KING; Chapter Nine: History Fulfilled, History Betrayed; Love, Patriarchy, and the Imperial Constitution; Dynastic Conflict, Anti-Catholicism, and Conspiracy Theory; History Fulfilled, History Betrayed |
Shakespeare, Satire, and Subversion in the Imperial CrisisChapter Ten: A Funeral Fit for a King; Jonathan Saywood's Journey; A Terror of Bodies, A Terror of Words; Denying the King; The Iconoclasm; Epilogue: Of Princes and the People; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
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