Algernon Sidney and the Republican heritage in England and America /
Houston, Alan Craig, 1957-
Algernon Sidney and the Republican heritage in England and America / Alan Craig Houston. - 1 online resource (350 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Based on the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-328) and index.
Cover; Part 1: Background; Part 2: Sidney's Argument; Part 3: The Radical Heritage.
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,
In English.
9781400862450 (electronic bk.) 1400862450 (electronic bk.)
10.1515/9781400862450 doi
22573/ctt7387q2 JSTOR
Sidney, Algernon, 1623-1683.
Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.
Sidney, Algernon, 1623-1683.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC153.S6 / H68 1991eb
320.5/12/092
Algernon Sidney and the Republican heritage in England and America / Alan Craig Houston. - 1 online resource (350 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Based on the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-328) and index.
Cover; Part 1: Background; Part 2: Sidney's Argument; Part 3: The Radical Heritage.
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,
In English.
9781400862450 (electronic bk.) 1400862450 (electronic bk.)
10.1515/9781400862450 doi
22573/ctt7387q2 JSTOR
Sidney, Algernon, 1623-1683.
Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.
Sidney, Algernon, 1623-1683.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JC153.S6 / H68 1991eb
320.5/12/092