The American Counter-Revolution in Favor of Liberty: How Americans Resisted Modern State, 1765-1850

by Ivan Jankovi

This book presents the case that the origins of American liberty should not be sought in the constitutional-reformist feats of its "statesmen" during the 1780s, but rather in the political and social resistance to their efforts. There were two revolutions occurring in the late 18th century America: the modern European revolution "in favour of government," pursuing national unity, "energetic" government and centralization of power (what scholars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030037320
• ISBN13: 9783030037321
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"