Select Works of Edmund Burke: Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and the Two Speeches on America Volume 1 Edition Contributor(s): Burke, Edmund (Author), Canavan, Francis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0865971633 ISBN-13: 9780865971639 Publisher: Liberty Fund OUR PRICE: $13.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 320.903 |
LCCN: 97034325 |
Series: Select Works of Edmund Burke |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (1.55 lbs) 427 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This famed Payne edition of Select Works of Edmund Burke is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Volume 1, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and The Two Speeches on America, contains Burke's brilliant defense of the American colonists' complaints of British policy, including "Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents" (1770), "Speech on American Taxation" (1774), and "Speech on Conciliation" (1775). Francis Canavan (1917-2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. |