Works by James Burgh
Political disquisitions; or, An enquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses. Illustrated by, and established upon facts and remarks extracted from a variety of authors,… (2013) 7 copies, 1 review
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman {Norton Critical Edition} (1975) — Contributor — 526 copies, 5 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1714
- Date of death
- 1775
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- politician
- Relationships
- Price, Richard (Honest Whigs)
Priestley, Joseph (Honest Whigs)
Franklin, Benjamin (Honest Whigs)
Boswell, James (Honest Whigs) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Madderty, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Map Location
- UK
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Straight forward utopian plan, not a lot in the way of story. Despite the name this is about a dutch colony hidden in south america.
Presented through a series of letters which describe the laws, history etc. of the colony. Its a purely puritan/omish system, cromwell would be proud, the main town is even called Salem.
Its main utopian idea is that everyone gets an equal sized piece of land (with some variation depending on soil quality). There doesn't seem to be any trade, each family live off show more their own land.
While its ideology is extreme it is at least not too hypocritical. The author uses a lot of references to backup his ideas and also takes potshots, at wars, slavery, the genocide of the south americans by the spainish, the distribution of alcohol to the native americans etc.
Slighty more interesting than More's [b:Utopia|18414|Utopia|Thomas More|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388190168s/18414.jpg|2798280], Bacon's [b:The New Atlantis|277032|The New Atlantis|Francis Bacon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348118743s/277032.jpg|2094577] or [b:The Commonwealth of Oceana|19221363|The Commonwealth of Oceana|James Harrington|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386290663s/19221363.jpg|7381299] at least. show less
Presented through a series of letters which describe the laws, history etc. of the colony. Its a purely puritan/omish system, cromwell would be proud, the main town is even called Salem.
Its main utopian idea is that everyone gets an equal sized piece of land (with some variation depending on soil quality). There doesn't seem to be any trade, each family live off show more their own land.
While its ideology is extreme it is at least not too hypocritical. The author uses a lot of references to backup his ideas and also takes potshots, at wars, slavery, the genocide of the south americans by the spainish, the distribution of alcohol to the native americans etc.
Slighty more interesting than More's [b:Utopia|18414|Utopia|Thomas More|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388190168s/18414.jpg|2798280], Bacon's [b:The New Atlantis|277032|The New Atlantis|Francis Bacon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348118743s/277032.jpg|2094577] or [b:The Commonwealth of Oceana|19221363|The Commonwealth of Oceana|James Harrington|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386290663s/19221363.jpg|7381299] at least. show less
Political disquisitions : or, An inquiry into public errors, defects, and abuses. Illustrated by, and established upon facts and remarks, extracted from a variety of authors, ancient and modern by James Burgh
"Burgh's Political disquisitions are good also, especially after reading De Lorme." — TJ to Thomas Mann Randolph, 30 May 1790
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