1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C) by Steve Pincus

1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C)



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1688: The First Modern Revolution (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-C) Steve Pincus
Language: English
Page: 664
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0300115474, 9780300115475
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"[A]n important, fresh, and imaginative work of scholarship. . . . It will have recast the origins of modern England as well as the history of the revolution of 1688."—Bernard Bailyn, New York Review of Books
(Bernard Bailyn New York Review of Books 20090101)

“Mr. Pincus’s cogently argued account of what really happened during England’s revolution destroys many comforting notions that have prevailed for more than 200 years…. It leaves the reader with something much more exciting: a new understanding of the origins of the modern, liberal state.”--Economist

(Economist 20091201)

"Utterly extraordinary."—Don Herzog, University of Michigan (Don Herzog 20091224)

"In this remarkable work of scholarship, vast in scope and profound in its implications, Pincus challenges Macaulay and the orthodox view that the Glorious Revolution was moderate, peaceful, and conservative, and reveals a violent transformational event that revolutionized England''s state, church, and political economy, and introduced political modernity."—Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University (Bernard Bailyn 20101108)

"A radical interpretation of a radical revolution.  Steve Pincus''s brilliantly researched account of the extraordinary events of the 1680s and 1690s mounts an insuperable challenge to the comfortable view that the Glorious Revolution was another instance of British consensus politics, pragmatism, and common sense.  1688 recaptures the revolutionary nature of the Glorious Revolution and its far-reaching and interconnected conflicts over foreign policy, political economy, religion, and the nature of the modern state."—John Brewer, California Institute of Technology (John Brewer )

“A magnificent, fully documented, very well written study of how the first thorough-going modern revolution was achieved with effort and against substantial obstacles over several years.  It was bloody and popular, not merely a palace coup achieved with little loss of life, as is commonly held.  Taking a broader chronological view and considering more aspects of society than previous historians, Pincus convincingly shows how England had become a commercial society by the 1680s, and the race was on to harness new wealth—a race between the absolutist modernizing vision of James II and the more tolerant and liberty-minded vision of his opponents.  What emerged was the first modern state, with independent financial institutions and a strong sense of national and civil, as opposed to confessional, interest.  The triumph of William III and his supporters was a conscious re-ordering of the place of the three kingdoms on the European and world stage.  Pincus''s commitment to vigorous argument (in which he overturns many received views; his definition of revolution itself is bracingly refreshing) makes this book exciting reading, and will raise fascinated interest in the late 17th-century for many years to come.  For anyone interested in modern liberal society, its origins, and why it is worth defending, this book is indispensable.”—Nigel Smith, Princeton University
(Nigel Smith )

Bronze Medal winner for the 2010 Independent Publishers Book Awards in the History Category (Independent Publishers Book Awards )

"Meticulously researched and deftly written" —Andrew Stuttaford, National Review (Andrew Stuttaford National Review )

Honorable Mention in the Non-Fiction category of the 2009 New England Book Festival sponsored by the Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony, The Hollywood Creative Directory; eDivvy, Shopanista and Westside Websites (New England Book Festival )

“One of the most ambitious works of history to appear in recent years--a radical reinterpretation of events that intends not merely to update and improve prior accounts but to vanquish them conclusively. The book is a marvel of scholarship.”--The National
(The National )

"The grand aspirations of this book and the broad sweep of its claims will insure that it is taken seriously by scholars working on the Glorious Revolution for years to come...It will stand out as the opening salvo in a series of historical batkes that wukk light up 1688 in newly vibrant tones."--Paul Monod, Journal of Church History (Paul Monod Journal of Church History )

Winner of the 2010 Morris D. Forkosch Prize given by the American Historical Association (Morris D. Forkosch Prize American Historical Association )

Named a Top 10 Book of 2010--Wilson Quarterly
 (Wilson Quarterly )

"A significant contribution to the scholarship of the period. . . . Pincus develops his analysis through lively writing informed by extensive primary-source research. . . . There is much to be said for Pincus''s approach, blending economic and political theory together with seemingly effortless ease in a well-written and highly readable account...In the end, there is every reason to think that his analysis of the events of late-seventeenth-century England will, for want of a better term, revolutionize our understanding of the period."—Scott Hendrix, Canadian Journal of History (Scott Hendrix Canadian Journal of History )

About the Author

Steve Pincus is professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of Protestantism and Patriotism and England's Glorious Revolution. He lives in New Haven, CT.

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