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


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What made the United States what it is began long before a shot was fired at a redcoat in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1775. It began quietly in homes and schoolrooms across the colonies in the reading lessons women gave to children. Just as the Protestant revolt originated in a practice of individual reading of the Bible, so the theories of reading developed by John Locke were the me... More
Book Information
PublisherHarvard University Press
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages245
ISBN-100674002989
ISBN-13978-0674002982
Publication Date01/15/2001
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About Gillian Brown (Author) : Gillian Brown is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Gillian Brown include Snowboarding, The Consent of the Governed: The Lockean Legacy in Early American Culture.
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