ISSN:
0021-8758
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
English, American Studies
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History
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Political Science
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Sociology
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Economics
Notes:
In the year of Lexington, the irascible Dr Johnson wrote to a correspondent: ‘The Americans, sir, are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.’ Extreme in his Tory views, Johnson nevertheless reflected popular sentiment concerning the American colonies and their pretensions to independence, and his bias was to be reflected in many of the writings of the first historians who attempted to account for the late destruction of the first British empire.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021875800000608
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