Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 91 p)
,
22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2005
ISBN:
9780203435724
,
0415132851
Series Statement:
Lancaster pamphlets
Content:
William Pitt the Younger re-examines Pitt's career in the light of recent research and emphasizes that it should not be stereotyped as having a `reformist' phase in the years to 1793 and a `reactionary' phase thereafter. His treatment includes explanation of: * Pitt's rapid rise to power * the importance of his relations with George III * contemporary party politics, including his own description of himself as an `independent Whig' * his administrative and financial reforms in the 1780s * his foreign policy and war strategy * his plans for assuring a satisfactory political union with Ireland and why they were frustrated. This volume by Eric J. Evans, includes a complete historical background to the leader's political career and analyses his achievements. The author outlines Pitt's economic, domestic and foreign policy as well as detailing the changes in party politics and monarchy during the period.
Content:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Time Chart -- The Making of a Prime Minister -- Pitt the Political Reformer -- Pitt and the 'National Revival', 1783 93 -- Foreign and Commercial Policy, 1783 91 -- Pitt, Party and Monarchy -- A Nation at War, 1793 1801 -- Pitt, Patriotism and Reform in the 1790s -- The Importance of Ireland -- The Closing Years, 1801 6 -- Conclusion and Assessment -- Further Reading.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-91)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415132855
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415132855
Language:
English
URL:
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