Scandal of Colonial Rule

Scandal of Colonial Rule

Author: James Epstein

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 110700330X

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A dramatic history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule. James Epstein uses the trial of the first governor of Trinidad for the torture of a freewoman of color to reassess the nature of British colonialism and the ways in which empire troubled the metropolitan imagination.


Colonial Origins of the American Constitution

Colonial Origins of the American Constitution

Author: Donald S. Lutz

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Presents 80 documents selected to reflect Eric Voegelin's theory that in Western civilization basic political symbolizations tend to be variants of the original symbolization of Judeo-Christian religious tradition. These documents demonstrate the continuity of symbols preceding the writing of the Constitution and all contain a number of basic symbols such as: a constitution as higher law, popular sovereignty, legislative supremacy, the deliberative process, and a virtuous people. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR