Campaign for a Union of Orders in the Early French Revolution
Public opinion, according to the eighteenth-centuryunderstanding, was the product of rational, informed discourse and was thefinal and impartial arbiter of public policy. In the months leading up to theFrench Revolution, both the royal government and its opposition relied uponpamphleteers to sway public opinion, and the number of published ......
Encompassing four volumes, this is a comprehensive guide and reassessment of the American tradition from the 18th century to today: from Franklin to Etzioni. It seeks to demonstrate how Americans have left a mark on sociological theory and method: from the American Enlightenment, through to the contributions of the Chicago School, Parsons, ......
Political Ideologies from the American Revolution to Postmodern Times
Assesses the major ideologies of modern times, including liberalism, socialism, and conservatism, and traces their relationships with one another, with the ambiguous ideology of nationalism, and to the emergence of modern societies, democratic politics, and Enlightenment ideas. Overviews key themes
Reconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious Salem witch trials, this book follows Tituba from her likely origins in South America to Barbados, forcefully dispelling the commonly-held belief that Tituba was African.
Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880
What is the problem of sexual love? Neither inclusive of all aspects of sexuality nor fully synonomous with the idealized mythos of romantic love, sexual love as desire is marked by the highly charged intersection of sexuality and romantic love; it is a space where gender is imagined and enacted. In A Craving Vacancy, Susan Ostrov Weisser examines ......
Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880
What is the problem of sexual love? Neither inclusive of all aspects of sexuality nor fully synonomous with the idealized mythos of romantic love, sexual love as desire is marked by the highly charged intersection of sexuality and romantic love; it is a space where gender is imagined and enacted. In A Craving Vacancy, Susan Ostrov Weisser examines ......
Catholics and Catholicism in the National Capital, 1787-1860
Explores how Maryland's Catholics drew upon their long-standing traditions - advocacy of separation of church and state, a sense of civic duty, and a determination 'to live at peace with all their neighbors,' in Bishop Carroll's phrase - to take a leading role in the early government, financing, and building of the new capital.