Algernon Sidney and the Republican heritage in England and America /:

Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's Discourses Concerning Governme...

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Main Author: Houston, Alan Craig, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government influenced radicals in England and America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To many, it was a ""textbook of revolution."" Houston begins with a masterful intellectual biography tracing the development of Sidney's ideas in the political and intellectual context of Stuart England,
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (350 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-328) and index.
ISBN:9781400862450
1400862450