{"product_id":"the-royalist-revolution-eric-nelson-9780674979772","title":"Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, George Washington Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of 2015 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGenerations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our \"founding fathers\" saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. \u003ci\u003eThe Royalist Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in favor of royal power--driven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Royalist Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking book, and Nelson is to be commended for reviving discussion of the complex ideology of the American Revolution. He reminds us that there was a spectrum of opinion even among the most ardent patriots and a deep British influence on the political institutions of the new country.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Andrew O'Shaughnessy, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A scrupulous archaeology of American revolutionary thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Thomas Meaney, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful double-barrelled challenge to historiographical orthodoxy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Colin Kidd, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Brewer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067497977X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674979772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Eric Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925572026623,"sku":"9780674979772","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_218c514f-f0da-4748-9c05-49d237e3de78.jpg?v=1681078065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-royalist-revolution-eric-nelson-9780674979772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}