The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067497977X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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No monarchy required, what what! SCM In 1775-6ish the colonies revolted against King George III. I mean, that's what's Schoolhouse Rock says, so it has to be trueright? (Cue singing "No More Kings.")Well, no. In reality, we (this is the collective colonial we) were actually upset at Parliament. Stamp Act, Quartering Act--what weren't they taxing or forcing down our throats?But Parliament was passing those . Four Stars Jerry Interesting read.. Brien Hallett said A Deep Understanding of the US Constitution. Nelson has written a brilliant book on political philosophy disguised as a history of the pamphlet wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. With deep research, he sets the stage by outlining the 17th century constitutional battles between the royalist and the parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Is a king with an absolute negative over parliamentary enactments a t
. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University. Eric Nelson is Robert M
(John W. (Yoni Appelbaum The Atlantic 2015-10-01)A brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution…Nelson departs radically from his predecessors, arguing that it was admiration for royal prerogative power and belief in the virtues of a strong executive, both derived from seventeenth-century precedents, that fostered the rebellion against Britain and shaped the Constitution of the new American republic. (Jack N. Nelson argues persuasively that the Revolutionat least in the beginningwas not a revolt against the supposed tyrant George III, but a rebellion against the claims of the British Parliament. (Matthew Dziennik Canadian Journal of History 2015-06-01)Eric Nelson<
He reminds us that there was a spectrum of opinion even among the most ardent patriots and a deep British influence on the political institutions of the new country.”Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Wall Street Journal“A scrupulous archaeology of American revolutionary thought.”Thomas Meaney, The Nation“A powerful double-barrelled challenge to historiographical orthodoxy.”Colin Kidd, London Review of Books“A brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution.”John Brewer, New York Review of Books. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our “founding fathers” saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. The Royalist Revolution interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in favor of royal powerdriven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch.“The Royalist Revolution is a thought-provoking book, and Nelson is to be commended for reviving discussion of the complex ideology of the American Revolution. Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnat