Distrust of public institutions, which reached critical proportions
in Britain and the United States in the first two decades of the
twenty-first century, was an important theme of public discourse in
Britain and colonial America during the early modern period.
Demonstrating broad chronological and thematic range, the historian
Brian P. Levack explains that trust in public institutions is more
tenuous and difficult to restore once it has been betrayed than
trust in one's family, friends, and neighbours, because the vast
majority of the populace do not personally know the officials who
run large national institutions. Institutional distrust shaped the
political, legal, economic, and religious history of England,
Scotland, and the British colonies in America. It provided a
theoretical and rhetorical foundation for the two English
revolutions of the seventeenth century and the American Revolution
in the late eighteenth century. It also inspired reforms of
criminal procedure, changes in the system of public credit and
finance, and challenges to the clergy who dominated the Church of
England, the Church of Scotland, and the churches in the American
colonies. This study reveals striking parallels between the loss of
trust in British and American institutions in the early modern
period and the present day.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Brian P. Levack
(John E. Green Regents Professor Emeritus in History)
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Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-888635-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-888635-7 |
Barcode: |
9780198886358 |
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