{"product_id":"miscellaneous-writings-hardcover","title":"Miscellaneous Writings - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Canavan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis famed Payne edition of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelect Works of Edmund Burke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Volume 1, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and The Two Speeches on America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, contains Burke's brilliant defense of the American colonists' complaints of British policy, including \"Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents\" (1770), \"Speech on American Taxation\" (1774), and \"Speech on Conciliation\" (1775). Volume 2 consists of Burke's renowned \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e Volume 3 presents Burke's \u003cem\u003eFour Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France\u003c\/em\u003e--generally styled \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetters on a Regicide Peace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (1795-1796).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eLetters\u003c\/em\u003e, Payne believed, deserve to \"rank even before  Burke's] \u003cem\u003eReflections\u003c\/em\u003e, and to be called the writer's masterpiece.\" Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. J. Payne's notes and introductory essays. Francis Canavan, one of the great Burke scholars of the twentieth century, has added forewords and a biographical note on Payne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the companion volume \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiscellaneous Writings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Canavan has collected seven of Burke's major contributions to English political thinking on representation in Parliament, on economics, on the political oppression of the peoples of India and Ireland, and on the enslavement of African blacks. The volume concludes with a select bibliography on Edmund Burke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Canavan\u003c\/strong\u003e (1917-2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758107787552,"sku":"9780865971684","price":34.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/590cc5a0b738b113a2cbfe0d8aec6d6a_56e994a0-440e-48d9-a8c3-644e832ad58a.webp?v=1780118211","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/miscellaneous-writings-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}