TY - BOOK AU - Bailyn,Bernard TI - The ideological origins of the American Revolution / SN - 9780674975651 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Political science KW - United States KW - History KW - Ciencia política KW - Estados Unidos KW - Historia KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Causes KW - 1775-1783, Revolución KW - Influencia y consecuencias N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The literature of revolution -- Sources and traditions -- Power and liberty: a theory of politics -- The logic of rebellion : a note on conspiracy -- Transformation -- Representation and consent -- Constitution and rights -- Sovereignty -- The contagion of liberty -- Slavery -- Establishment of religion -- The democracy unleashed -- "Whether some degree of respect be not always due from inferiors to superiors" N2 - The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution is a classic of American historical literature--required reading for understanding the Founders' ideas and their struggles to implement them. In the preface to this 50th anniversary edition, Bernard Bailyn isolates the Founders' profound concern with the uses and misuses of power.-- ER -