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The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776

The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776

McConville, Brendan

Paperback

Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 0807858668
ISBN13: 9780807858660
Publisher: Univ Of North Carolina Pr
Published: Aug 27 2007
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
Reinterpreting the first century of American history, Brendan McConville argues that colonial society developed a political culture marked by strong attachment to Great Britain's monarchs. This intense allegiance continued almost until the moment of independence, an event defined by an emotional break with the king. By reading American history forward from the seventeenth century rather than backward from the Revolution, McConville shows that political conflicts long assumed to foreshadow the events of 1776 were in fact fought out by factions who invoked competing visions of the king and appropriated royal rites rather than used abstract republican rights or pro-democratic proclamations. The American Revolution, McConville contends, emerged out of the fissure caused by the unstable mix of affective attachments to the king and a weak imperial government. Sure to provoke debate, The King's Three Faces offers a powerful counterthesis to dominant American historiography.

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