The Americas in Early Modern Political Theory States of Nature and A
This book examines early modern social contract theories within European representations of the Americas in the 16th and 17th century. Despite addressing the Americas only marginally, social contract theories transformed American social imaginaries
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The Americas in Early Modern Political Theory
Stephanie B. Martens
The Americas in Early Modern Political Theory States of Nature and Aboriginality
Stephanie B. Martens Laurentian University Barrie, Ontario, Canada
ISBN 978-1-137-51998-6 ISBN 978-1-137-51999-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51999-3
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank all the colleagues at the University of Alberta involved in the completion of my doctoral thesis, which led to this book. First, I express my sincerest gratitude to my former supervisor, Dr. Catherine Kellogg, for her patience and understanding during my studies and her generous advice and kind recommendations throughout my doctoral thesis. Many thanks to the members of the committee, Dr. Robert Nichols, Dr. Don Carmichael, and Dr. Barbara Arneil, for the attention they have devoted to my dissertation and their generous feedback. For this book specifically, I would like to acknowledge the great help and support provided by my assistant, Carmen Grillo, a graduate student at York University, and my colleagues on the Barrie campus of Laurentian University. I am looking forward to continue working with them in my future endeavors, research, and writing projects. Thank you to my editors at Palgrave Macmillan, Elaine Fan and Brian O’Connor, and the anonymous reviewers for their feedback and thoughtful recommendations. I would also like to acknowledge the financial support of Laurentian University, through their Laurentia
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