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Politics and the Nation Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Harris, Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199246939
Published
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
727 gr
Height
247 mm
Width
164 mm
Thickness
27 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
404

Author
Harris, Robert

Politics and the Nation Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Harris, Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
Harris, Robert
Innbundet / 2002 / Engelsk
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... this book contains what is best in the 'new British history' ... a lucid and consistently interesting book.

Eighteenth Century Ireland

Harris's greatest strength is his readiness to allow complexity and ambiguity ... Throughout, Harris makes excellent use of his extensive knowledge of the press ... a major contribution to an integrated view of the long eighteenth century.

English Historical Review

Whether read as a complete text or by individual chapters, the questions asked and the answers suggested in Mr Harris' study will provoke thought and lead to a deeper understanding of this period in our history.

Contemporary Review

The author presents a new picture of political life in mid-eighteenth century Britain, a period of history which is poorly understood. Written in a clear, accessible style, and drawing on much original material, this book argues that British politics and political culture in the mid eighteenth century have often been poorly understood through over-emphasis on 'stability'. Using a thematic approach, it reconstructs a political world in which vital issues continued to exercise the minds and emotions of those who made up the contemporary 'political nation', a group which included far more than the handful of politicans who competed for national political office. This is a book which interprets its subject broadly, and which seeks to tell the stories of politics in this period through the words and projects, hopes and fears, of contemporaries . It also represents an important contribution to the difficult, but important, project of writing the history of the British Isles. Development in Scotland and Ireland are given careful attention along with those of England.
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Written in a clear, accessible style, the author reconstructs a political world and culture very different from the images of stability with which the mid eighteenth century has often been associated.
Introduction ; 1. National Politics in mid 18th Century Britain ; 2. Virtue and Liberty:the mid century 'County interest' ; 3. Foreign Affairs ; 4. Scotland: Expunging the Memory of the '45 ; 5. Ireland ; 6. Trade and National Interest ; 7. Reviving the Nation's Morals ; 8. Reformation of Manners
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... this book contains what is best in the 'new British history' ... a lucid and consistently interesting book.

Eighteenth Century Ireland

Harris's greatest strength is his readiness to allow complexity and ambiguity ... Throughout, Harris makes excellent use of his extensive knowledge of the press ... a major contribution to an integrated view of the long eighteenth century.

English Historical Review

Whether read as a complete text or by individual chapters, the questions asked and the answers suggested in Mr Harris' study will provoke thought and lead to a deeper understanding of this period in our history.

Contemporary Review

The author presents a new picture of political life in mid-eighteenth century Britain, a period of history which is poorly understood. Written in a clear, accessible style, and drawing on much original material, this book argues that British politics and political culture in the mid eighteenth century have often been poorly understood through over-emphasis on 'stability'. Using a thematic approach, it reconstructs a political world in which vital issues continued to exercise the minds and emotions of those who made up the contemporary 'political nation', a group which included far more than the handful of politicans who competed for national political office. This is a book which interprets its subject broadly, and which seeks to tell the stories of politics in this period through the words and projects, hopes and fears, of contemporaries . It also represents an important contribution to the difficult, but important, project of writing the history of the British Isles. Development in Scotland and Ireland are given careful attention along with those of England.
Read more
Written in a clear, accessible style, the author reconstructs a political world and culture very different from the images of stability with which the mid eighteenth century has often been associated.
Introduction ; 1. National Politics in mid 18th Century Britain ; 2. Virtue and Liberty:the mid century 'County interest' ; 3. Foreign Affairs ; 4. Scotland: Expunging the Memory of the '45 ; 5. Ireland ; 6. Trade and National Interest ; 7. Reviving the Nation's Morals ; 8. Reformation of Manners
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Product details

ISBN
9780199246939
Published
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
727 gr
Height
247 mm
Width
164 mm
Thickness
27 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
404

Author
Harris, Robert

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