The Consent of the Governed: The Lockean Legacy in Early American Culture

What made the United States what it is began long before a shot was fired at a redcoat in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1775. The theories of reading developed by John Locke were the means by which a revolutionary attitude toward authority was disseminated throughout the British colonies in North America.

• | By (Author): Gillian Brown (Author)
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2001
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 245 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674002989
• | ISBN-13: 9780674002982