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Author Hammersley, Rachel, 1974- author.

Title James Harrington : an intellectual biography / Rachel Hammersley
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 315 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introducton -- Harrington the man -- Harrington the republican -- Harrington the innovator -- Harrington the controversialist -- Harrington the man of action -- Conclusion
Summary This is the first biography of James Harrington in forty years. It addresses the complexities of Harrington's republicanism, examines his views on issues such as democracy and social mobility, and explores his contribution to a range of contemporary debates. Through Harrington's story, we see the development of seventeenth-century ideas and their relevance to the modern world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 08, 2020)
Subject Harrington, James, 1611-1677.
SUBJECT Harrington, James, 1611-1677 fast
Subject Political scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Political science
Political scientists
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192537867
0192537865
9780191847172
0191847178