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Political ideas of the American Revolution : Britannic-American contributions to the problem of imperial organization, 1765 to 1775

Title
Political ideas of the American Revolution : Britannic-American contributions to the problem of imperial organization, 1765 to 1775 / by Randolph G. Adams.
Author
Adams, Randolph Greenfield, 1892-1951
Publication
  • New York : Barnes & Noble, [1958]
  • ©1958

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Additional Authors
Jensen, Merrill
Description
vii, 216 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.
Series Statement
University paperbacks, UP 9
Alternative Title
Britannic-American contributions to the problem of imperial organization
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • War > Causes
  • British colonies
  • United States > History > Causes. > Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Great Britain > Colonies > History > America > 18th century
  • Great Britain > Colonies > America
  • America
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Randolph G. Adams wrote this volume in 1919 to fulfill requirements for a doctoral dissertation at Trinity College (now Duke University). The first edition was published in 1922 as the initial publication of the Trinity College Press (which later became the Duke University Press)."--Page v.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
The doctrine of standing still -- The British imperial problem in the eighteenth century -- The commonwealth of nations -- Taxation and representation : some reconsiderations -- John Adams as a Britannic statesman -- Some things which Parliament could not do -- The legal theories of James Wilson -- Limiting and dividing sovereignty -- The relation to modern thought.
LCCN
58011659
OCLC
  • ocm00761018
  • 761018
  • SCSB-113705
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library