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Civil society and empire : Ireland and Scotland in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world /
Livesey traces the origins of the modern conceptions of civil society to Ireland & Scotland during the 18th century, arguing that it was invented as an idea of renewed community for provincial & defeated élites to allow them to enjoy liberty without participating in governance.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Livesey traces the origins of the modern conceptions of civil society to Ireland & Scotland during the 18th century, arguing that it was invented as an idea of renewed community for provincial & defeated élites to allow them to enjoy liberty without participating in governance. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300155907 0300155905 0300139020 9780300139020 |