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1 online resource (xxii, 213 pages) : portrait |
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Online library of liberty.
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Laurence L. Bongie, David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-Revolution -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publishing Details -- Table of Contents, p. v -- Foreword, p. vii -- Preface to the Liberty Fund Edition, p. xi -- Introduction, p. xiii -- I. Before 1789 -- 1. Royal Panegyrics, p. 1 -- 2. The Science and Art of English History, p. 2 -- 3. Jehovah Among the Hebrews, p. 10 -- 4. Papist or Pyrrhonian?, p. 15 -- 5. The Scottish Bossuet, p. 35 -- 6. Debate with Turgot, p. 54 -- 7. Early Hostility: Mirabeau, Mably, and Brissot, p. 60 |
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8. Defence and Defiance, p. 65 9. Anticipating the Storm, p. 75 -- II. The Revolution and the Role of History, p. 79 -- 1. History as a Weapon of Counter-Revolution, p. 79 -- 2. History as the Superstition of Slaves, p. 93 -- III. From 1789 to the Trial of Louis XVI, p. 103 -- 1. Prophetic Parallels and the Counter-Revolutionary Lessons of Hume, p. 103 -- 2. The Long Parliament: Brissot Versus Clermont-Tonnere, p. 123 -- 3. A Republican Antidote: Catherine M acaulay-Graham, p. 132 -- IV. The Trial of Le Stuart Francais, p. 141 |
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1. Louis XVI and Charles I: A Condemned King's Mediations, p. 141 2. David Hume and Stuart History for the Defense, p. 149 -- 3. Cromwell in the Convention: The Judgement of Posterity, p. 156 -- 4. The Parallel Rejected: Brutus to the Rescue, p. 165 -- 5. Principles Versus Precedents, p. 171 -- V. The Aftermath, p. 177 -- 1. Republican Qualms, p. 177 -- 2. Waiting for General Monk, p. 186 -- 3. Conclusion, p. 196 -- Index of Names and Titles, p. 203 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Title from web site as viewed on 11/21/2005 |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Hume, David, 1711-1776. History of England
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Hume, David. swd |
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History of England (Hume, David) fast (OCoLC)fst01358802 |
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Conservatism -- History -- 18th century
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Counterrevolutionaries.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Conservatism.
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Counterrevolutionaries.
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Historiography.
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História da inglaterra.
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Great Britain -- History -- Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 -- Historiography
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Great Britain -- History -- Early Stuarts, 1603-1649 -- Historiography
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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France.
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Great Britain.
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History.
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Electronic book
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Liberty Fund.
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| ISBN |
9781614877752 |
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1614877750 |
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