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In a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century examines the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the founding fathers.
As Jack P. Greene has observed, "[The Whig] conception saw the past as a continual struggle between liberty and virtue on one hand and arbitrary power and corruption on the other." Many founders found in this intellectual tradition what Josiah Quincy, Jr., called the "true old English liberty," and it was this Whig tradition--this conception of liberty--that the champions of American independence and crafters of the new republic sought to perpetuate. Colbourn supports his thesis--that "Independence was in large measure the product of the historical concepts of the men who made it"--by documenting what books were read most widely by the founding generation. He also cites diaries, personal correspondence, newspapers, and legislative records.
Trevor Colbourn is President Emeritus of the University of Central Florida.
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The Lamp of Experience: Whig History and the Intellectual Origins of the American Revolution
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Liberty Fund, 1998
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ISBN 13 : 9780865971585
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hardcover. Etat : Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur M0865971587Z3
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The Lamp of Experience : Whig History And The Intellectual Origins Of The American Revolution
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Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0865971587
ISBN 13 : 9780865971585
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Cloth. Etat : Fine. As new . This work was first published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1965 . The Preface to this new edition is an interesting essay by Colbourn on the literature relative to the intellectual origins of the American founding , both before and after the original publication of this book . An Appendix , " History in the Colonial Library " , provides lists from various libraries including those of Franklin , Jefferson , Adams , and Harvard . In another appendix , Colbourn defends the Saxon contributions to the English Constitution . N° de réf. du vendeur 011092
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