Price: Political Writings

by Richard Price, D. O. Thomas

Overview

Richard Price (1723-1791) was an eminent Welsh philosopher and Dissenting Minister. His political pamphlets won him considerable fame in the eighteenth century as a supporter of the American rebels in their struggle for independence, and for the enthusiasm with which he greeted the opening events of the French Revolution. It was this enthusiasm that provoked Edmund Burke into writing "Reflections on the Revolution of France." Price is noteworthy as a defender of freedom of thought (especially on religious matters), as a proponent of parliamentary reform, and as an advocate of a minimalist conception of government. He espoused the doctrine of natural rights and the principle of self-government. This book is a collection of Price's most important pamphlets of the period 1759-1789, and is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction putting Price's work in context, complete bibliographical material, a chronology, and bibliographic notes on persons mentioned in the texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521409698
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/31/1992
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

The writer Richard Price, who grew up in the Bronx projects, is known for his gritty novels of urban life (Lush Life and others), as well as his hit Hollywood screenplays, including The Color of Money and Clockers. In 1999, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also shared a 2007 Edgar® Award as a co-writer of HBO’s miniseries The Wire.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

October 12, 1949

Place of Birth:

Bronx, New York

Education:

B.A., Cornell University, 1971; M.F.A., Columbia University

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chronology; Bibliography; Biographical notes; A note on the texts and acknowledgements; Britain's happiness; Two tracts; General introduction; Observations on the nature of civil liberty; Additional observations; Fast Sermon; Observations on the importance of the American Revolution; The evidence for a future period of improvement in the state of mankind; A discourse on the love of our country; Index.