An outstanding examination of the crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689. A finalist for the National Book Award for history in 1973, the book is now available in paperback with a 1987 introduction by the author. "Lovejoy has now related this whole period of history] more fully than it has ever been told before. His research is thorough, and his reach in time and space is impressive . . . a judicious and significant book, the best we now have on the subject"-- New York Times Book Review. "A long-awaited assessment of those critical upheavals that disrupted the American colonies from Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 to the major revolts in New England, New York, and Maryland in 1689. Lovejoy's] interpretation is decidedly neo-Whig, which should provoke a fine narrative of the period and a most provocative comparison of these important revolutions, a comparison that should challenge all students of the colonial political process." - The American Historical Review DAVID S. LOVEJOY us a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he taught from 1960 to 1983. He received a B.S. from Bowdoin College in 1941 (and Distinguished Bowdoin Educator Award in 1980) and Ph.D. from Brown University in 1954. LOVEJOY has taught at Northwestern and Brown universities and a t Marlboro Colege in Vermont. Her was a Fulbright Lecturer in Scotland and has received Guggenheim and Rockerfeller Foundation fellowships. He is the author of Religious Enthusiam in the New World: Heresy to Revolution. His home is in Madison and in Oxford-shire, England.
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"Lovejoy has now related this whole �period of history� more fully than it has ever been told before. His research is thorough, and his reach in time and space is impressive . . . a judicious and significant book, the best we now have on the subject"--New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review" The American Historical Review" Publishers Weekly" New England Quarterly" "Lovejoy has now related this whole [period of history] more fully than it has ever been told before. His research is thorough, and his reach in time and space is impressive . . . a judicious and significant book, the best we now have on the subject"-- "New York Times Book Review" "A long-awaited assessment of those critical upheavals that disrupted the American colonies from Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 to the major revolts in New England, New York, and Maryland in 1689. [Lovejoy's] interpretation is decidedly neo-Whig, which should provoke a fine narrative of the period and a most provocative comparison of these important revolutions, a comparison that should challenge all students of the colonial political process."-- "The American Historical Review" "A meticulously detailed and sometimes quite witty exploration of the circumstances, events and ideas that culminated in [the American colonial] rebellions and the contribution of the Glorious Revolution, with its own civil war and religious turmoil, to them."-- "Publishers Weekly" "The Glorious Revolution in America is a testament to the high standards of scholarship of David Lovejoy. The detailed reconstruction of interacting events in England and the North American colonies during the 1670's and 1680's is superbly documented."-- "New England Quarterly" The Glorious Revolution in America is a testament to the high standards of scholarship of David Lovejoy. The detailed reconstruction of interacting events in England and the North American colonies during the 1670 s and 1680 s is superbly documented. New England Quarterly" A meticulously detailed and sometimes quite witty exploration of the circumstances, events and ideas that culminated in [the American colonial] rebellions and the contribution of the Glorious Revolution, with its own civil war and religious turmoil, to them. Publishers Weekly" A long-awaited assessment of those critical upheavals that disrupted the American colonies from Bacon s Rebellion in 1676 to the major revolts in New England, New York, and Maryland in 1689. [Lovejoy s] interpretation is decidedly neo-Whig, which should provoke a fine narrative of the period and a most provocative comparison of these important revolutions, a comparison that should challenge all students of the colonial political process. The American Historical Review" Lovejoy has now related this whole [period of history] more fully than it has ever been told before. His research is thorough, and his reach in time and space is impressive . . . a judicious and significant book, the best we now have on the subject New York Times Book Review"
