Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765-1776

by Daniel R Moy

This book explores how the loyalist rebuttal to the American patriot movement during the decade leading up to 1776 derived much of its inspiration and rationale from the literature of the Greco-Roman world--the same repository of classical ideas and principles the patriots coopted to persuade their fellow countrymen to disavow the English crown and pursue independence. Although previous histories have described how the ideas of the ancient Mediterranean,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785274031
• ISBN13: 9781785274039
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"