British Political Thought in History, Literature and Theory, 1500–1800

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Notes on contributors
Introduction David Armitage
1. The history of British political thought: a field and its futures J. G. A. Pocock, Gordon Schochet and Lois Schwoerer
Part I. British Political Thought and History:
2. Thinking about the new British history John Morrill
3. The matter of Britain and the contours of British political thought Colin Kidd
4. The intersections between Irish and British political thought of the early modern centuries Nicholas Canny
5. In search of a British history of political thought Tim Harris
Part II. British Political Thought and Literature:
6. Republicanism in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain Andrew Hadfield
7. Dramatic traditions and Shakespeare's political thought Jean E. Howard
8. Irony, disguise and deceit: what literature teaches us about politics Steven Zwicker
9. Poetry and political thought: liberty and benevolence in the case of the British Empire c.1680–1800 Karen O'Brien
Part III. British Political Thought and Political Theory:
10. The nature of rights and the history of empire Duncan Ivison
11. Reading the private in Margaret Cavendish: conversations in political thought Joanne H. Wright
12. Reflections on political literature: history, theory and the printed book Kirstie M. McClure
13. Here and now, there and then, everywhere and always: reflections concerning political theorising and the study/writing of the history of political thought Richard E. Flathman
14. Afterword Quentin Skinner
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