Resumen
Although John Dickinson was one of the central figures in the American Founding, he is virtually unknown by scholars. This article makes a case for his importance and claims that the reason for his absence from the scholarship is the confusion surrounding his political thought and action. Until now, no work has explained the apparent contradiction of his vigorous advocacy of American rights, his refusal to support the Declaration of Independence, and his subsequent military service on the side of the Rebels. The argument here is that the seeming contradictions resolve and Dickinson's position in the Revolution is consistent and comprehendible when situated in the tradition of Quaker political thought.
| Idioma original | English |
|---|---|
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 1002-1012 |
| Número de páginas | 11 |
| Publicación | History Compass |
| Volumen | 5 |
| N.º | 3 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Published - may 2007 |
Nota bibliográfica
Publisher Copyright:© 2007, John Wiley and Sons Inc. All rights reserved.
Financiación
Jane E. Calvert received her B.A. in English and German from Earlham College in 1993 and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 2003. From 2002 until the present she has been assistant professor of history at St. Mary's College of Maryland. In the fall of 2007 she will begin as assistant professor of history at the University of Kentucky. She has accepted research grants and fellowships from the Newberry Library, the American Philosophical Society, Haverford College, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Huntington Library, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her monograph, (under contract with Cambridge University Press), is the first of a trilogy of works on John Dickinson. The second is , the first modern scholarly edition of his complete political writings; and the third is . Professor Calvert's work is published in or forthcoming with , , , , and . Quaker Constitutionalism and the Origins of American Civil Disobedience The Political Writings of John Dickinson Passions and Restraint: The Life of John Dickinson History of Political Thought Sacred History Quaker Religious Thought Annali di Storia dell’ Esegesi Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
| Financiadores |
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| National Endowment for the Humanities |
| American Philosophical Society |
| Library Company of Philadelphia, The |
| Haverford College |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- History