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1688, the first modern revolution, Steve Pincus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-617) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1688

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

301706128

Responsibility statement

Steve Pincus

Series statement

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Sub title

the first modern revolution

Summary

"Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich narrative, based on new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689. James II's modernization program emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state, which emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution--not the French Revolution--the first truly modern revolution."--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

The unmaking of a modern revolution -- Rethinking revolutions -- Going Dutch: English society in 1685 -- English politics at the accession of James II -- The ideology of Catholic modernity -- The practice of Catholic modernity -- Resistance to Catholic modernity -- Popular revolution -- Violent revolution -- Divisive revolution -- Revolution in foreign policy -- Revolution in political economy -- Revolution in the church -- Conclusion -- Assassination, association, and the consolidation of revolution -- Conclusion: the first modern revolution

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Sixteen eighty-eight

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