The king's three faces : the rise & fall of royal America, 1688-1776 / / Brendan McConville
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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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| Pubblicazione: | 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 |
| ©2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Monarchy - Great Britain - Public opinion - History - 18th century |
| Public opinion - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Political culture - United States - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government To 1775 |
| United States Politics and government 1775-1783 | |
| Great Britain Foreign public opinion, American History 18th century | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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""; 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 | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The king's three faces |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908806-1-1 |
| 0-8078-3886-1 | |
| 1-4696-0093-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788863103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia