{"product_id":"observations-on-the-importance-of-the-american-revolution-and-the-means-of-making-it-a-benefit-to-the-world-paperback-9781108060172","title":"Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution; And the Means of Making it a Benefit to the World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108060172","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eObservations on the Importance of the American Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnd the Means of Making it a Benefit to the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1784, this tract defined American rights against Britain but also criticised America's system of racial slavery.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Price (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108060172, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e170 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.22 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHaving urged political reforms in Britain, Richard Price (1723–91) turned to defending the cause of American independence. Born in Wales, Price became an influential moral philosopher, dissenting Protestant preacher, political pamphleteer, and economic theorist. Known for his trenchant defence of the freedom of the human will against philosophical sceptics, Price applied his justification of individual moral agency to political issues - particularly the American Revolution - during the latter part of his life. This tract on America first appeared in 1784. Defining the right of American colonists to oppose British corruption, it suggested that their independence would offer much 'benefit to the world'. But it also offered a relatively rare critique of the system of racial slavery that continued to develop in America. Reissued here is the 1785 publication that also contained translations from French of a letter to Price by the economist Turgot and a parody by Charles-Joseph Mathon de la Cour which had amused Benjamin Franklin.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Of the importance of the revolution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the means of promoting human improvement and happiness in the United States\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of peace\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of liberty\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of liberty of discussion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of liberty of conscience\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of education\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of the dangers to which the United States are exposed\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of debts and internal wars\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of an unequal distribution of poverty\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of trade, banks, and public credit\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of oaths\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of the Negro trade and slavery\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Letter from M. Turgot\u003cbr\u003e Translation of M. Turgot's letter\u003cbr\u003e Appendix, containing a translation of the will of M. Fortuné Ricard\u003cbr\u003e Tables.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266136920344,"sku":"9781108060172","price":23.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108060172i_348882dd-c2c9-4d97-beac-2e84c0d06a03.jpg?v=1696747474","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/observations-on-the-importance-of-the-american-revolution-and-the-means-of-making-it-a-benefit-to-the-world-paperback-9781108060172","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}