The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman~Caroline Robbins~1959~First Edition~First Print~Adams Prize 1960~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping

# Vintage 1959 The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman - Caroline Robbins - First Edition Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

Caroline Robbins or Caroline Herben (18 August 1903 – 8 February 1999) was a British historian who was a professor at Bryn Mawr College.

She took her doctorate at London University with a treatise on Andrew Marvell.[1] Robbins became an instructor in British history at Bryn Mawr College in 1929. She served in that department for 42 years. She wrote The Eighteenth Century Commonwealthman in 1959.

The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthmen was written in 1959 by Caroline Robbins and traced the transmission of English republican and radical Whig ideas from the seventeenth century into the eighteenth, arguing that this intellectual tradition helped shape modern liberal and democratic thought.

The book looked at the British commonwealthmen tradition that although was decidedly whig had rejected Walpole and his successors whig ministries. Particular attention to Cato's Letters and then looked at radical thought in Ireland, and then at radical dissenters such as Richard Price, Joseph Priestley and the opposition to the American War of Independence.

The book has been highly influential in the study of early modern political thought, shaping both the Cambridge School’s analysis of republican ideology and the work of American intellectual historians such as Bernard Bailyn who drew on Robbins's concept of the Commonwealthmen to trace the transmission of civic republican ideas into the political culture of the American Revolution.

It won the American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Adams Prize in 1960.

Written by celebrated intellectual historian Caroline Robbins, The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman explores how radical political ideas from 17th-century England survived, evolved, and eventually traveled across the Atlantic.

Up for sale is a highly collectible, vintage 1959 edition of "The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman" by celebrated intellectual historian Caroline Robbins. Published by Harvard University Press, this seminal work explores the transmission and development of English liberal thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the American Revolutionary War.

This specific copy is an excellent find for historians, academics, and rare book collectors alike. It has been meticulously cared for and features a stunning original green and red dust jacket.

Binding: Tight, sturdy, and square binding. The spine is stiff and has not been subjected to rough handling.

Pages: Exceptionally clean throughout. No handwriting, margin notes, highlighting, or ink marks. Free of library stamps or ex-libris stickers. One signed name on inside front cover.

Dust Jacket: Includes the original, unclipped paper dust jacket. It shows some minor vintage edge wear and light crinkling along the top edge, but it is beautifully preserved.

Protection: Housed in a clear protective sleeve (Mylar style) to prevent any future shelf wear or handling damage.

Overall Condition Grade: Very Good to Near Fine Condition.

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