The common cause
Book • 2016
Robert Parkinson's 'The Common Cause' examines how newspapers, pamphlets, and public discourse in the colonies helped create a shared political language and mobilize support for independence.
Parkinson traces the circulation of grievances, narratives, and arguments that connected disparate colonial experiences into a common revolutionary movement.
The book highlights the role of the public sphere in forging collective identity and consensus.
It emphasizes that many complaints in the Declaration were part of a broader, well-circulated repertoire of grievances.
Parkinson's work illuminates the cultural and communicative foundations of the Revolution.
Parkinson traces the circulation of grievances, narratives, and arguments that connected disparate colonial experiences into a common revolutionary movement.
The book highlights the role of the public sphere in forging collective identity and consensus.
It emphasizes that many complaints in the Declaration were part of a broader, well-circulated repertoire of grievances.
Parkinson's work illuminates the cultural and communicative foundations of the Revolution.
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