03169nam 2200625 450 991080713560332120200520144314.00-8131-8669-20-8131-6480-X(CKB)3710000000334397(EBL)1915598(SSID)ssj0001434431(PQKBManifestationID)11773842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001434431(PQKBWorkID)11422113(PQKB)11725384(OCoLC)561917055(MdBmJHUP)muse44625(Au-PeEL)EBL1915598(CaPaEBR)ebr11005484(CaONFJC)MIL691324(OCoLC)900344940(MiAaPQ)EBC1915598(EXLCZ)99371000000033439720150121h19781978 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiberty and empire British radical solutions to the American problem, 1774-1776 /Robert E. TooheyLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1978.©19781 online resource (225 p.)Includes index.1-322-60042-2 0-8131-5515-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; CThough 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 aRadicalismGreat BritainHistory18th centuryPublic opinionGreat BritainHistory18th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1760-1789United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Foreign public opinion, BritishRadicalismHistoryPublic opinionHistory320.9/41/073Toohey Robert E.1643639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807135603321Liberty and empire3989008UNINA