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Political Science History & Theory

Imperial Republics

Revolution, War and Territorial Expansion from the English Civil War to the French Revolution

by (author) Edward Andrew

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2011
Category
History & Theory, Political, Civilization
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442643314
    Publish Date
    Aug 2011
    List Price
    $67.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442695870
    Publish Date
    Aug 2011
    List Price
    $57.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442695863
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $60

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Republicanism and imperialism are typically understood to be located at opposite ends of the political spectrum. In Imperial Republics, Edward G. Andrew challenges the supposed incompatibility of these theories with regard to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France.

Many scholars have noted the influence of the Roman state on the ideology of republican revolutionaries, especially in the model it provided for transforming subordinate subjects into autonomous citizens. Andrew finds an equally important parallel between Rome's expansionary dynamic — in contrast to that of Athens, Sparta, or Carthage — and the imperial rivalries that emerged between the United States, France, and England in the age of revolutions. Imperial Republics is a sophisticated, wide-ranging examination of the intellectual origins of republican movements, and explains why revolutionaries felt the need to 'don the toga' in laying the foundation for their own uprisings.

About the author

Edward G. Andrew is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

‘Imperial Republics is a lively, effective, and important book that will find a well-deserved home on the shelf next to the contemporary neorepublican histories it intends to complement and interrogate.’

The Review of Politics, vol 75:04:2013