The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution

by John Phillip Reid

"Americans did not rebel from Great Britain because they wanted a different government. They rebelled because they believed that Parliament was violating constitutional precepts. Colonial Whigs did not fight for American rights. They fought for English rights."--from the Preface

John Phillip Reid goes on to argue that it was generally the application, not the definition, of these rights that was disputed. The sole--and critical--exception concerned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226708985
• ISBN13: 9780226708980
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"