Bolingbroke: Political Writings

by Henry Bolingbroke, David Armitage

Overview

Bolingbroke: Political Writings provides the first accessible, modernized and annotated texts of three of the most important works in eighteenth-century British political thought. These works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter "On the Spirit of Patriotism" and The Idea of the Patriot King together formed the first coherent platform of a political opposition movement in Anglo-American politics and influenced not only radicals in Britain, but the American Founding Fathers and the French Revolutionaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521586979
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/11/1997
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Bolingbroke's life; Further reading; Notes on texts; A Dissertation upon Parties (1733–34); 'On the Spirit of Patriotism' (1736); The Idea of a Patriot King (1738); Biographical Notes; Index of subjects; Index of proper names.

Editorial Reviews

"The volume is a useful starting point for anyone interested in Bolingborke and his context." Ethics

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