UID:
almafu_9960119551302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 615 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-86699-2
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0-511-62206-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in the history and theory of politics
Content:
It is often assumed that Sir Lewis Namier and Sir Herbert Butterfield demolished the 'Whig interpretation of history'. In fact, much was allowed to remain standing by their failure to offer a new synthesis of English party politics. In this book Dr Clark provides the key component for such a new synthesis by a detailed exposition of the crisis of the 1750s, which was instrumental in the destruction of the party system and the emergence of new practices in the multi-factional world. The Court v. Country analysis of the politics of c. 1714-1760, still widely current, is refuted by a demonstration of the survival of the Whig and Tory parties of Queen Anne's reign until the 1750s; the long debate about George III and the constitution is set in a new perspective; and major new insights are offered into the nature of party and party politics.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Preface; Notes on references; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The accession of Newcastle, March-September 1754; 2. The defeat of the Pitt-Fox Alliance, October 1754-March 1755; 3. The reconstruction of the ministry, April-September 1755: Leicester House and the recruitment of Fox; 4. 'That exploded trick': Newcastle, Fox and the defeat of Leicester House patriotism, October 1755-March 1756; 5. The resignation of Newcastle, April-October 1756; 6. The Pitt-Devonshire ministry, October 1756-March 1757; 7. 'The arbiter of England': the formation of the Newcastle-Pitt coalition, April-June 1757; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-52596-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-23830-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622069
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