political discourse and social dynamics in the Anglo-American world /
First Statement of Responsibility
J.C.D. Clark.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 404 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction : the structure of Anglo-American political discourse -- The conflict between laws : sovereignty and state formation in the United Kingdom and the United States -- The conflict between denominations : the religious identity of early-modern societies -- Predispositions : rebellion and its social constituencies in the English Atlantic empire, 1660-1832 -- Political mobilisation : the American Revolution as a war of religion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book creates a new framework for the political and intellectual relations between the British Isles and America in a momentous period which witnessed the formation of modern states on both sides of the Atlantic and the extinction of an Anglican, aristocratic and monarchical order. Jonathan Clark integrates evidence from law and religion to reveal how the dynamics of early modern societies were essentially denominational. In a study of British and American discourse, he shows how rival conceptions of liberty were expressed in the conflicts created by Protestant dissent's hostility to an Anglican hegemony. The book argues that this model provides a key to collective acts of resistance to the established order throughout the period. The book's final section focuses on the defining episode for British and American history, and shows the way in which the American Revolution can be understood as a war of religion." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam025/93008263.html.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
University of South Alabama
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Foreign relations-- History.
Great Britain-- Politics and government-- 1660-1714.
Great Britain-- Politics and government-- 1714-1820.
Great Britain-- Social conditions-- 17th century.
Great Britain-- Social conditions-- 18th century.
United States-- History-- Revolution, 1775-1783-- Religious apsects.
United States-- Politics and government-- 1775-1783.
United States-- Politics and government-- To 1775.
United States-- Social conditions-- To 1865.
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Culturele betrekkingen.
Juridische aspecten.
Politics and government.
Politische Sprache
Recht
Religieuze aspecten.
Religion
Social conditions.
Soziale Situation
War-- Religious aspects.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Politics and government, 1660-1714.
Great Britain, Politics and government, 1714-1820.
Great Britain, Social conditions, 17th century.
Great Britain, Social conditions, 18th century.
United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Religious aspects.
United States, Politics and government, 1775-1783.