Imperial republics : revolution, war, and territorial expansion from the English Civil War to the French Revolution

Kellow, and other participants at the meetings of the Canadian Political Science Association, where earlier versions of the ideas raised in this book were fi rst aired; Daniel Quinlan and the anonymous reviewers for the University of Toronto Press for useful suggestions in clarifying my argument; and, above all, to Donna Trembowelski Andrew for reading and editing this book, despite her manifest distaste for its contents.

Republicanism and imperialism are typically understood to be located at opposite ends of the political spectrum. In Imperial Republics, Edward G. Andrew challenges the supposed incompatibility of these theories with regard to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France.

Many scholars have noted the influence of the Roman state on the ideology of republican revolutionaries, especially in the model it provided for transforming subordinate subjects into autonomous citizens. Andrew finds an equally important parallel between Rome's expansionary dynamic — in contrast to that of Athens, Sparta, or Carthage — and the imperial rivalries that emerged between the United States, France, and England in the age of revolutions. Imperial Republics is a sophisticated, wide-ranging examination of the intellectual origins of republican movements, and explains why revolutionaries felt the need to 'don the toga' in laying the foundation for their own uprisings.

"Republicanism and imperialism are typically understood to be located at opposite ends of the political spectrum. In Imperial Republics, Edward G. Andrew challenges the supposed incompatibility of these theories with regard to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France. Many scholars have noted the influence of the Roman state on the ideology of republican revolutionaries, especially in the model it provided for transforming subordinate subjects into autonomous citizens. Andrew finds an equally important parallel between Rome's expansionary dynamic - in contrast to that of Athens, Sparta, or Carthage - and the imperial rivalries that emerged between the United States, France, and England in the age of revolutions. Imperial Republics is a sophisticated, wide-ranging examination of the intellectual origins of republican movements, and explains why revolutionaries felt the need to 'don the toga' in laying the foundation for their own uprisings."--Pub. desc Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Preface 9 Introduction: Rome in the Eighteenth Century 23 1. Machiavelli on Imperial Republics 40 2. Republicanism and the English Civil War 49 3. Catonic Virtue, Sweet Commerce, and Imperial Rivalry 71 4. From Colony to Nation to Empire 93 5. From Caesar to Brutus to Augustus 120 6. Le Royaume and La Patrie: Rome in Eighteenth-Century France 138 7. The Role of Brutus in the French Revolution 162 8. Imperial Pride and Anxiety: Gibbon’s Roman Empire and Ferguson’s Roman Republic 189 Conclusion 200 Index 205