Armitage, David 1965-

The Declaration of Independence : a global history by David Armitage ( Book )
9 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 1,322 libraries worldwide
[The author] examines the Declaration as a political, legal, and intellectual document, and is the first to treat it entirely within a broad international framework. He shows how the Declaration arose within a global moment in the late eighteenth century similar to our own. He uses over one hundred declarations of independence written since 1776 to show the influence and role the U.S. Declaration has played in creating a world of states out of a world of empires. He discusses why the framers' language of natural rights did not resonate in Britain, how the document was interpreted in the rest of the world, whether the Declaration established a new nation or a collection of states, and where and how the Declaration has had an overt influence on independence movements--from Haiti to Vietnam, and from Venezuela to Rhodesia. -Publisher description.

The ideological origins of the British Empire by David Armitage ( Book )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and held by 724 libraries worldwide
"The Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial ideology from the middle of the sixteenth to the middle of the eighteenth century, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linkage between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds new light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing novel accounts of the 'British problem' in the early-modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British 'identities' in the Atlantic world."--BOOK JACKET.

Shakespeare and early modern political thought ( Book )
9 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 625 libraries worldwide
This work examines Shakespeare's engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought. It provides a broad introduction to the history of early modern political thought and covers the full range of Shakepeare's work.

The British Atlantic world, 1500-1800 ( Book )
11 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 613 libraries worldwide
This is a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain, British America and the British Caribbean seen in Atlantic perspective.

Milton and republicanism ( Book )
9 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in English and held by 475 libraries worldwide

The age of revolutions in global context, c. 1760-1840 ( Book )
4 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 445 libraries worldwide
"Distinguished historians provide uniquely broad coverage of the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sheds new light on the American, French and Haitian revolutions, alongside ground-breaking treatments of Africa's place in world history and Asia's age of revolutions"--Provided by publisher.

Political writings by Henry St. John Bolingbroke ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2003 in English and held by 310 libraries worldwide
Viscount Bolingbroke was one of the most creative political thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. This volume includes some of his work, A Dissertation upon Parties, the letter, 'On the Spirit of Patriotism', and The Idea of the Patriot King, which influenced radicals in Britain as well as revolutionaries in both America and France.

The free sea by Hugo Grotius ( Book )
3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 274 libraries worldwide

Declaring independence : the origin and influence of America's founding document : featuring the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection ( Book )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 268 libraries worldwide

Theories of empire, 1450-1800 ( Book )
6 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 260 libraries worldwide