000839965 000__ 03125cam\a2200409\a\4500 000839965 001__ 839965 000839965 005__ 20210515151502.0 000839965 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000839965 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000839965 008__ 101018s2011\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000839965 010__ $$z 2010044678 000839965 020__ $$z9780521193306 000839965 020__ $$z9780521132466 000839965 020__ $$z9781139011112$$q(electronic book) 000839965 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC667651 000839965 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL667651 000839965 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452905 000839965 035__ $$a(CaONFJC)MIL301597 000839965 035__ $$a(OCoLC)707068456 000839965 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 000839965 043__ $$an-us--- 000839965 050_4 $$aJA84.U5$$bY57 2011 000839965 08204 $$a320.0973$$222 000839965 1001_ $$aYirush, Craig,$$d1968- 000839965 24510 $$aSettlers, liberty, and empire$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe roots of early American political theory, 1675-1775 /$$cCraig Yirush. 000839965 260__ $$aCambridge ;$$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2011. 000839965 300__ $$aix, 277 p. 000839965 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000839965 5058_ $$aMachine generated contents note: Introduction: Jasper Maudit's 'instructions': the imperial roots of early American political theory; Part I. Restoration and Rebellion: 1. English rights in an Atlantic world; 2. The glorious revolution in America; Part II. Empire: 3. Jeremiah Dummer and the defense of chartered government; 4. John Bulkley and the Mohegans; 5. Daniel Dulany and the natural right to English law; 6. Richard Bland and the prerogative in pre-revolutionary Virginia; Part III. Revolution: 7. In search of a unitary empire; 8. The final imperial crisis; Conclusion. 000839965 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000839965 520__ $$a"Settlers, Liberty, and Empire traces the emergence of a revolutionary conception of political authority on the far shores of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Based on the equal natural right of English subjects to leave the realm, claim indigenous territory, and establish new governments by consent, this radical set of ideas culminated in revolution and republicanism. But unlike most scholarship on early American political theory, Craig Yirush does not focus solely on the revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century. Instead, he examines how the political ideas of settler elites in British North America emerged in the often-forgotten years between the Glorious Revolution in America and the American Revolution against Britain. By taking seriously an imperial world characterized by constitutional uncertainty, geo-political rivalry, and the ongoing presence of powerful Native American peoples, Yirush provides a long-term explanation for the distinctive ideas of the American Revolution"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000839965 650_0 $$aPolitical science$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y17th century. 000839965 650_0 $$aPolitical science$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000839965 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$yTo 1775. 000839965 852__ $$bebk 000839965 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=667651$$zOnline Access 000839965 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:839965$$pGLOBAL_SET 000839965 980__ $$aEBOOK 000839965 980__ $$aBIB 000839965 982__ $$aEbook 000839965 983__ $$aOnline