UID:
kobvindex_HPB935227818
Format:
1 online resource (273 pages)
ISBN:
9781847790569
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1847790569
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0719064295
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9780719064296
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0719064287
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9780719064289
Content:
The 18th-century was long deemed ""the classical age of the constitution"" in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration composed of factions and opposition. George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of B.
Note:
Preface; 1 The parameters of politics; 2 The political scenario in 1760; 3 Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace; 4 The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider; 5 The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America; 6 The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis; 7 The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America; 8 The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments; 9 The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis.
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10 George III, Lord North and the defeat of 'faction' (1770)11 Conclusion: factions or parties?; Bibliography; Index.
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English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Thomas, Peter D.G. George III : King and Politicians 1760-70. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2002 ISBN 9780719064289
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
URL:
Ebook Central Academic Complete
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