Name: Lamp of Experience
Brand: Liberty Fund Inc. (US)
SKU: 9780865971585
Price: 14.95 GBP
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Lamp of Experience

Whig History & the Intellectual Origins of the American Revolution

By (author): Trevor Colbourne

Published by Liberty Fund Inc. (US)

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£14.95

Format: Hardback
Pages: 306
ISBN: 9780865971585
Publication Date: 01-Jan-1998

Subjects:
British & Irish history
History of the Americas
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
Revolutions
uprisings
rebellions
Constitution: government & the state
Revolutionary groups & movements

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In a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century uses diaries, personal correspondence, newspapers, and legislative records to examine the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the Founding Fathers.