pocock - 1993 - The varieties of British political thought, 1500-1800

The varieties of British political thought, 1500-1800
There is at present no overall history of English and British political
thought and literature in the early modern period, although new
approaches to the writing of its history have taken shape in the past
forty to fifty years; and during that time British political history has
itself been subjected to intensive revision.
This volume, written by directors of seminars at the Folger Institute
Center for the History of British Political Thought in Washington DC,
attempts to review the period from the English Reformation to the
French Revolution, to suggest new ways of studying the articulation of
political consciousness and the conduct of political argument, and to
point out the extraordinary intellectual and linguistic richness of the
ongoing English and British political debate.

The varieties of British political
thought, 1500-1800
Edited by
J. G. A. Pocock
with the assistance of
Gordon J. Schochet and Lois G. Schwoerer
Published in association with the
Folger Institute, Washington, DC
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First published 1993
First paperback edition published 1996
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data
The varieties of British political thought, 1500-1800 / edited by
J. G. A. Pocock, with the assistance of Gordon J. Schochet and
Lois G. Schwoerer.
p. cm.
Papers presented during a series of seminars, held between 1984
and 1987 at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0 521 44377 6 (hardback)
1. Political science — Great Britain — History — Congresses.
I. Pocock J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- .
II. Schochet, Gordon J. III. Schwoerer, Lois G.
JA84.G7V37 1993
320'.0941 - dc20 92-37772 CIP
ISBN 978-0-521-44377-7 hardback
ISBN 978-0-521-57498-3 paperback
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