The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

McConville, Brendan

ISBN 10: 0807858668 / ISBN 13: 9780807858660

Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 2007

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Reinterpreting the first century of American history, this book presents an argument that colonial society developed a political culture marked by strong attachment to Great Britain's monarchs. This book shows that political conflicts assumed to foreshadow the events of 1776 were fought out by factions who invoked competing visions of the king. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490. . 2007. 1St Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807858668
• ISBN 13: 9780807858660
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Brendan McConville is professor of history at Boston University and author of These Daring Disturbers of the Public Peace: The Struggle for Property and Power in Early New Jersey.