
Hybrid Constitutions
Challenging Legacies of Law, Privilege, and Culture in Colonial America
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"In "Hybrid Constitutions," Vicki Hsueh challenges the prevailing tendency in political theory to find in early-modern European colonialism the origins of modern liberalism's exclusions and inclination toward uniformity. Through her detailed analyses of charters, constitutions, and treaties, she shows that colonial encounters--including encounters and negotiations among Europeans themselves, as well as between Europeans and Native Americans--were much more complex, contingent, and contested than broad-brush accounts would imply. This subtle and impressive book will be important for colonial hi...
"In "Hybrid Constitutions," Vicki Hsueh challenges the prevailing tendency in political theory to find in early-modern European colonialism the origins of modern liberalism's exclusions and inclination toward uniformity. Through her detailed analyses of charters, constitutions, and treaties, she shows that colonial encounters--including encounters and negotiations among Europeans themselves, as well as between Europeans and Native Americans--were much more complex, contingent, and contested than broad-brush accounts would imply. This subtle and impressive book will be important for colonial historians and political theorists alike." --David Armitage, author of "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History"