LEADER 03169nam 2200625 450 001 9910807135603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8669-2 010 $a0-8131-6480-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334397 035 $a(EBL)1915598 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001434431 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11773842 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001434431 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11422113 035 $a(PQKB)11725384 035 $a(OCoLC)561917055 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44625 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915598 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691324 035 $a(OCoLC)900344940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915598 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334397 100 $a20150121h19781978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiberty and empire $eBritish radical solutions to the American problem, 1774-1776 /$fRobert E. Toohey 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1978. 210 4$dİ1978 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60042-2 311 $a0-8131-5515-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThough 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 606 $aRadicalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1760-1789 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xForeign public opinion, British 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 676 $a320.9/41/073 700 $aToohey$b Robert E.$01643639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807135603321 996 $aLiberty and empire$93989008 997 $aUNINA