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Book Synopsis The First Rockingham Administration, 1765-1766 by : Paul Langford
Download or read book The First Rockingham Administration, 1765-1766 written by Paul Langford and published by [London] : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party by : Warren M. Elofson
Download or read book Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party written by Warren M. Elofson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996-02-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elofson reveals that the Rockinghams, far more than previously recognized, were governed by a coherent set of constitutional ideals and argues that they saw "party" not primarily as a means to office but as a vehicle for public-spirited men to "secure the predominance of right and uniform principles" in the operation of the state. He examines the ideological writings of Edmund Burke, the Party's noted and prolific publicist, placing them in their political context and providing a new analysis of Burke's renowned pamphlet Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770). Throughout, Elofson illustrates the ways in which the Rockinghams altered and redefined the Whig Party and its principles as they took the first halting steps toward a program of constitutional amendment, establishing their place not only in Whig but in British constitutional development.
Book Synopsis British Pamphlets on the American Revolution, 1763-1785, Part I, Volume 1 by : Harry T Dickinson
Download or read book British Pamphlets on the American Revolution, 1763-1785, Part I, Volume 1 written by Harry T Dickinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2007, this collection presents a selection of British pamphlets, which represent the multi-faceted debate on both sides of the political divide in Britain. The pamphlets in this work are organised chronologically in two parts, taking the start of American armed resistance in 1775 as the dividing point. Volume 1 covers the period of 1763 to1785.
Book Synopsis Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History by : K. Sewell
Download or read book Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History written by K. Sewell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines successive stages in the development of the thought of Sir Herbert Butterfield in relation to fundamental issues in the science of history. In a carefully nuanced way it lays bare the unspoken motivations and hidden tensions in Butterfield's debate with himself and with a host of contemporary historians in the period between 1924-79.
Book Synopsis The Power of Commerce by : Nancy F. Koehn
Download or read book The Power of Commerce written by Nancy F. Koehn and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What price do states pay for becoming and remaining world powers? Why did the first greatly expanded British Empire collapse so rapidly? Nancy F. Koehn here recounts the urgent challenges that confronted the British in the ten-year period following their overwhelming victory in the Seven Years War.
Book Synopsis City of Sheffield (Part 1 of 3) by :
Download or read book City of Sheffield (Part 1 of 3) written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Experience and Identity by : John Money
Download or read book Experience and Identity written by John Money and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lords of Parliament written by R. Davis and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a series of case studies illuminating the role and character of the House of Lords over two centuries, from 1714 to 1914. The figures treated in the essays are Edmund Gibson (Bishop of Lincoln and later London), the first Earl Cowper, the Sixth Earl of Denbigh, Lord Thurlow, the second Earl Grey, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Bedforda nd Earls Spencer and Fitzwilliam, Lord Derby, and Lord Selborne and Bonar Law. These figures are all selected for the ways in which their careers shed light in one way or another on key moments and key issues in British political history, with particular reference to the evolution of the House of Lords. Overall, the nine studies show that the role of the House of Lords was much more complicated and much less reactionary than conventional wisdom has allowed.
Book Synopsis Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family by : Melvyn Jones
Download or read book Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family written by Melvyn Jones and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and nine earls. The family had estates not only in South Yorkshire, but also in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and Ireland, at their greatest extent covering nearly 120,000 acres. One head of household was beheaded. Another saw one of the last wolves in the British Isles. One owner built the Palladian mansion at Wentworth, which has the longest frontage of any country mansion in Britain, and was one of the earliest growers of pineapples in this country. One head of family was prime minister. Twice. Another provided financial assistance to more than 6,000 of his Irish tenants and their families to emigrate to Canada during the Great Famine. Another had a christening attended by 7,000 official guests. Yet another bought an ocean liner to go and search for buried treasure in the Pacific. This copiously illustrated book explores the history of the house, the estate and the family over more than 400 years, drawing on a wide variety of sources, particularly the family records (the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments) held in Sheffield Archives.
Download or read book An Imaginative Whig written by Ian Crowe and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays shifts the focus of scholarly debate away from the themes that have traditionally dominated the study of Edmund Burke. In the past, largely ideology-based or highly textual studies have tended to paint Burke as a "prophet" or "precursor" of movements as diverse as conservatism, political pragmatism, and romanticism. In contrast, these essays address prominent issues in contemporary society--multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of state-church relationships, and religious tolerance in modern societies--by emphasizing Burke's earlier career and writings and focusing on his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, aesthetics, and philosophical skepticism. The essays in this collection, written by some of today's most renowned Burke scholars, will radically challenge our deeply rooted assumptions about Burke, his thought, and his place in the history of Western political philosophy.
Book Synopsis Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers by : Robert Eccleshall
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers written by Robert Eccleshall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the political lives of Britain's prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics this authoritative dictionary provides essential information about each premiership, including facts and analytical debate. Each entry has been written to the same formula and contains: * brief biographical information outlining career history and significant dates and events * a brief summary of the significance and peculiarities of a particular prime minister followed by a more descriptive and interpretative account of his or her political life and impact on British politics * references and further reading. The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers addresses many of the key themes to understanding the role and impact of particular prime ministers such as: the political context; party management and reform; intra-party intellectual debate; and where relevant the evolution of the office of prime minister.
Book Synopsis A Prologue to Revolution by : Allen S. Johnson
Download or read book A Prologue to Revolution written by Allen S. Johnson and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1997 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Grenville was King George III's First Minister from 1763 to 1765. The central issue of Grenville's administration was to deal with the aftermath of the Seven Year's War, particularly with the sharply increased national debt and the cost of continued protection of the American colonies. In seeking to balance the national budget, he blundered into levying taxes on the Americans. The Sugar Act of 1764 aroused very little opposition or even discussion. But it was an entering wedge. The ease with which it sailed through Parliament led Grenville to propose another American tax, the Stamp Act. This aroused vigorous, even violent opposition, both in America and among the business community in Great Britain. Grenville's career also saw the development of numerous techniques for shaping and manipulating public opinion, and he was intimately involved in using them, particularly the newspaper and pamphlet press. He was one of those principally involved in attempting to suppress John Wilkes and the North Briton No. 45, an episode in the evolution of freedom of the press in Great Britain. Grenville was dismissed from office by the King because of issues that had nothing to do with American taxation. The years between 1765 and 1770, between his dismissal and his death, show a mellowing as well as maturing of his political wisdom. Increasingly he played the role of elder statesmen, advising the House of Commons on important questions concerning not only American taxation but freedom of the press and freedom of elections.
Author :Peter David Garner Thomas Publisher :Manchester University Press ISBN 13 :9780719064296 Total Pages :278 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (642 download)
Book Synopsis George III by : Peter David Garner Thomas
Download or read book George III written by Peter David Garner Thomas and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights?
Book Synopsis Selected Letters of Edmund Burke by : Edmund Burke
Download or read book Selected Letters of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1984-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Burke (1729-97) was a British statesman, a political philosopher, a literary critic, the grandfather of modern conservatism, and an elegant, prolific letter writer and prose stylist. His most important letters, filled with sparkling prose and profound insights, are gathered here for the first time in one volume. Arranged topically, the letters bring alive Burke's passionate views on such issues as party politics, reform and revolution, British relations with America, India, and Ireland, toleration and religion, and literary and philosophical concerns.
Book Synopsis Conservative revolutionary by : David Hayton
Download or read book Conservative revolutionary written by David Hayton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose ‘revolutionary’ method was enshrined in the verb to Namierise.
Download or read book William Beckford written by Perry Gauci and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThis first-ever biography of William Beckford provides a unique look at eighteenth-century British history from the perspective of the colonies. Even in his own time, Beckford was seen as a metaphor for the dramatic changes occurring during this era. He was born in 1709 into a family of wealthy sugar planters living in Jamaica, when the colonies were still peripheral to Britain. By the time he died in 1770, the colonies loomed large and were considered the source of Britain’s growing global power. Beckford grew his fortune in Jamaica, but he spent most of his adult life in London, where he was elected Lord Mayor twice. He was one of the few politicians to have experienced imperial growing pains on both sides of the Atlantic, and his life offers a riveting look at how the expanding empire challenged existing political, social, and cultural norms./div
Book Synopsis British Political Leaders by : Keith Laybourn
Download or read book British Political Leaders written by Keith Laybourn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-08-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This A–Z biographical dictionary profiles Britain's prime ministers, foreign secretaries, home secretaries, and Chancellors of the Exchequer, from 1730 through the present—all in clear, concise language. These leaders guided the nation through the loss of empire, through two devastating world wars, and into a new role as members of the European Union. In clear, accessible language, this new dictionary shows how in the 18th century, and to a lesser extent in the 19th century, many of Britain's top leaders were linked more closely by family and factional interests than by party. It also illustrates—and helps to explain—the rise of the Labour Party and the emergence of "New Labour."