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The Folly of Revolution 2022
The Folly of Revolution is a 2022 book written by American historian S. Scott Rohrer. It is an intellectual biography of Thomas Bradbury Chandler (1726–1790), a New Jersey Anglican minister who advocated for an American episcopate in the 1760s and authored pamphlets against the American Revolution. Rohrer examines Chandler's personal library catalog and other primary materials to trace the roots of his monarchical and high church beliefs. The study centers on little-known British discussions from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, such as the nonjurors controversy and the Bangorian controversy. In 2026, the book was awarded an honorable mention for best book-length biography, the Annibel Jenkins Prize, by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Details
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- ISBN
- 9780271092195
- Pages
- 248
- Format
- Print (hardcover, paperback), e-book
