Matthew Binney
Biographic Data
| ID | 5400663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Binney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Binney |
| SIGNATURE | BINNEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
John Campbell’s Authorship of Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the British Constitution (London, 1761)
The unattributed pamphlet entitled Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the British Constitution (London, 1761) is the work of the mid-eighteenth-century historian, John Campbell (1708–75). In early 1761, Campbell wrote a series of articles in the London Evening Post, which he then expanded into a pamphlet, Reflections. The pamphlet paralleled the focus of Campbell’s previous works, which promoted government policy that addressed economic ineq…
Tobias Smollett’s and John Campbell’s Contributions to the American Volumes in The Modern Part of an Universal History
John Campbell’s “Short Papers” for Lord Bute in the London Evening Post
John Campbell’s (1708-1775) biographer, Guido Abbattista, has argued that Campbell sought to publish a pamphlet, Thoughts on Public Affairs, in 1761. However, a review of Campbell’s private correspondence in 1761 with the future prime minister, John Stuart, 3rd earl of Lord Bute (1713-1792), indicates that the historian sought not to publish a pamphlet, but newspaper articles that promote the king’s new reign and his administration. Six of these …
Writing the Northern Expedition, 1785–1793
Martin Sauer’s An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia (1802) has traditionally been accepted as the most authoritative account of the Northern Expedition, 1785–1793, particularly in Western Europe. However, Sauer’s subjectivism reveals a contradiction in how he narrates facts about the expedition. Firstly, Sauer uses a “subjective” technique in which he ascribes personal identity to the narrator, …
John Campbell’s Present State of Europe (1750)
John Campbell’s Present State of Europe has been viewed, particularly by Guido Abbattista, as a change in Campbell’s view on British intervention on the continent. Campbell certainly alters his position from a conventional ‘Country’ and ‘Tory’ critique of British interventionism to acceptance, but this shift aligns him more closely with the Bolingbrokean political philosophy that undergirds much of his early thought as he accommodates this politi…
Empire, Spectacle and the Patriot King
The author uses examples of British travellers’ responses to Russian tsars’ spectacles to argue that the British view of the Russian Empire in the eighteenth century fosters a contradiction. Traditionally Russia was depicted as an imperial Other in which British liberty and its attachment to reason is contrasted with Russian servility within the autocratic state and Russian citizens’ irrational attachment to tradition. Yet British writers complic…
Interest, Trade and ‘Character and Circumstances
John Campbell's (1708-1775) commercial theory in his early work demonstrates that he held more sophisticated views on British colonialism than previously thought. Campbell draws upon complex influences, which include Charles Davenant's notion of free trade and his ‘Old Whig’ arguments against corruption; Daniel Defoe's ‘new Whig’ arguments for progress and John Locke's arguments on industry and property; and Bolingbroke's Tory arguments for empha…
Seventeenth-Century North American Travel Narratives
Much critical analysis has been dedicated to exploring the relationship between European and foreign societies to expose the often oppressive aspects of European imperialist expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially as these develop into a consciousness of colonialism. For example, Nabil Matar discusses the 'superimposition' of England's American identity upon un-colonizable Muslims. Matar notes, 'Unable to defeat the Musl…
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Seventeenth-Century North American Travel Narratives
Much critical analysis has been dedicated to exploring the relationship between European and foreign societies to expose the often oppressive aspects of European imperialist expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially as these develop into a consciousness of colonialism. For example, Nabil Matar discusses the 'superimposition' of England's American identity upon un-colonizable Muslims. Matar notes, 'Unable to defeat the Musl…
Interest, Trade and ‘Character and Circumstances
John Campbell's (1708-1775) commercial theory in his early work demonstrates that he held more sophisticated views on British colonialism than previously thought. Campbell draws upon complex influences, which include Charles Davenant's notion of free trade and his ‘Old Whig’ arguments against corruption; Daniel Defoe's ‘new Whig’ arguments for progress and John Locke's arguments on industry and property; and Bolingbroke's Tory arguments for empha…
Empire, Spectacle and the Patriot King
The author uses examples of British travellers’ responses to Russian tsars’ spectacles to argue that the British view of the Russian Empire in the eighteenth century fosters a contradiction. Traditionally Russia was depicted as an imperial Other in which British liberty and its attachment to reason is contrasted with Russian servility within the autocratic state and Russian citizens’ irrational attachment to tradition. Yet British writers complic…
Writing the Northern Expedition, 1785–1793
Martin Sauer’s An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia (1802) has traditionally been accepted as the most authoritative account of the Northern Expedition, 1785–1793, particularly in Western Europe. However, Sauer’s subjectivism reveals a contradiction in how he narrates facts about the expedition. Firstly, Sauer uses a “subjective” technique in which he ascribes personal identity to the narrator, …
John Campbell’s Present State of Europe (1750)
John Campbell’s Present State of Europe has been viewed, particularly by Guido Abbattista, as a change in Campbell’s view on British intervention on the continent. Campbell certainly alters his position from a conventional ‘Country’ and ‘Tory’ critique of British interventionism to acceptance, but this shift aligns him more closely with the Bolingbrokean political philosophy that undergirds much of his early thought as he accommodates this politi…
John Campbell’s “Short Papers” for Lord Bute in the London Evening Post
John Campbell’s (1708-1775) biographer, Guido Abbattista, has argued that Campbell sought to publish a pamphlet, Thoughts on Public Affairs, in 1761. However, a review of Campbell’s private correspondence in 1761 with the future prime minister, John Stuart, 3rd earl of Lord Bute (1713-1792), indicates that the historian sought not to publish a pamphlet, but newspaper articles that promote the king’s new reign and his administration. Six of these …
John Campbell’s Authorship of Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the British Constitution (London, 1761)
The unattributed pamphlet entitled Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the British Constitution (London, 1761) is the work of the mid-eighteenth-century historian, John Campbell (1708–75). In early 1761, Campbell wrote a series of articles in the London Evening Post, which he then expanded into a pamphlet, Reflections. The pamphlet paralleled the focus of Campbell’s previous works, which promoted government policy that addressed economic ineq…
Tobias Smollett’s and John Campbell’s Contributions to the American Volumes in The Modern Part of an Universal History
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