| Description |
xi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge readings in the history of political thought |
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Cambridge readings in the history of political thought.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. The impact of the French Revolution -- 2. Richard Price: a discourse on the Love of Our Century -- 3. Edmund Burke: reflections on the Revolution -- 4. Wollstonecraft: a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke -- 5. Tom Paine: Rights of Man -- 6. An appeal from the new to the old Whigs -- 7. William Godwin: enquiry concerning Political Justice (Selections) -- 8. The London Corresponding Society: two addresses to the nation (1793 and 1794) -- 9. Edmund Burke: two letters on a Regicide Peace 1796 -- 10. Thelwall: the rights of nature against the usurpations of establishments (Letter 2-4) -- 11. Spence: The Rights of Man (1796) |
| Summary |
"In this authoritative anthology of key political texts exploring the impact of this period on the British experience, Iain Hampsher-Monk examines the variety, influence and profundity of major thinkers such as Burke, Wollstonecraft, Paine and Godwin, along with the impact of other less celebrated contemporary writers." "This anthology is intended for tutors and students (at all levels from first-year undergraduate upwards) wishing to study the political theories generated in Britain by the Revolution: not only ideals such as liberty but more pervasive political principles such as secularism and individualism emerged during this turbulent period. The writings anthologised here are excerpted in such a way as to maintain the coherence and line of thought throughout each work, and thus students are shown whole arguments, and not merely isolated 'ideas'. The Impact of the French Revolution will be an important resource in its own right, and a major teaching tool for courses on the revolutionary period, the history of ideas, and political thought."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online (Table of contents) |
| SUBJECT |
France http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404 -- Foreign public opinion, British
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France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1799 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051471 -- Foreign public opinion, British
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051345
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051332
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France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1799. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051471
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France http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404 -- Foreign public opinion, British -- Early works to 1800
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| Genre/Form |
Anthologie
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Quelle
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Sources.
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Early works.
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History.
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| Author |
Hampsher-Monk, Iain, 1946-
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| LC no. |
2004054644 |
| ISBN |
9780521579117 paperback |
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9780521570053 hardback |
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0521570050 |
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0521579112 pb |
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