UID:
almahu_9947382183802882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) :
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digital file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-84779-565-X
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1-5261-3739-9
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1-78170-031-1
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1-280-71957-5
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9786610719570
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1-84779-056-9
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1-4175-9057-2
Content:
George III was a high-profile character in British history around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: did he seek to restore royal power or merely exercise his constitutional rights? This chronological survey covers the first ten years of his reign of power politics and policy-making.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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First published: 2002.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- 10 George III, Lord North and the defeat of 'faction' (1770) -- 11 Conclusion: factions or parties? -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7190-6429-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7190-6428-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526137395
