Author: Robert A. SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521528641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A guide to historical literature on England between 1760 and 1837, emphasising more recent work.
Late Georgian and Regency England, 1760-1837
Author: Robert A. SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521528641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A guide to historical literature on England between 1760 and 1837, emphasising more recent work.
The Fourth Earl of Sandwich Diplomatic Correspondence 1763-1765
Author: Frank SpencerPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Fall of the First British Empire
Author: Robert W. TuckerPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801827808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
"This book was presented in part as the 1981 Jefferson Memorial Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, May 19-21, 1981"--T.p. verso.
National Duties
Author: Gautham RaoPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022636710X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This study of 19th century commerce and federal oversight “reveals the importance of customs houses in the creation of the federal government” (Choice). In the wake of the American Revolution, the young nation found itself victorious, liberated, and in millions of dollars of debt. To address this founding financial crisis, the nascent federal government devised a system of taxes on imported goods and installed custom houses at the nation’s ports to collect the fees. But, as the United States became dependent on this revenue, the import merchants gained outsized influence over the daily affairs of the custom houses. As the United States tried to police this commerce in the early nineteenth century, the merchants’ stranglehold on custom house governance proved to be formidable. In National Duties, Gautham Rao makes the case that the early development of the federal government and the modern American state lie in these conflicts at government custom houses—specifically in the period between the American Revolution and the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Rao argues that the contours of the government emerged from the push-and-pull between these groups, with commercial interests gradually losing power to the administrative state, which only continued to grow and lives on today.
The French Navy and the Seven Years' War
Author: Jonathan R. DullPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803205104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Seven Years? War was the world?s first global conflict, spanning five continents and the critical sea lanes that connected them. This book is the fullest account ever written of the French navy?s role in the hostilities. It is also the most complete survey of both phases of the war: the French and Indian War in North America (1754?60) and the Seven Years? War in Europe (1756?63), which are almost always treated independently. By considering both phases of the war from every angle, award-winning historian Jonathan R. Dull shows not only that the two conflicts are so interconnected that neither can be fully understood in isolation but also that traditional interpretations of the war are largely inaccurate. His work also reveals how the French navy, supposedly utterly crushed, could have figured so prominently in the War of American Independence only fifteen years later. ø A comprehensive work integrating diplomatic, naval, military, and political history, The French Navy and the Seven Years? War thoroughly explores the French perspective on the Seven Years? War. It also studies British diplomacy and war strategy as well as the roles played by the American colonies, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and Portugal. As this history unfolds, it becomes clear that French policy was more consistent, logical, and successful than has previously been acknowledged, and that King Louis XV?s conduct of the war profoundly affected the outcome of America?s subsequent Revolutionary War.
annual bibliopgraphy of english language and literature colume XXIX 1949
Author: Sir James Lowther and Cumberland & Westmorland Elections, 1754-1775
Author: Brian BonsallPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Who's who in Early Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1789
Author: G. R. R. TreasurePublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811716437
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Profiles historically significant men and women who lived in Britain during the reigns of George I, II and III.
Toward Lexington
Author: John W. ShyPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400879345
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Champion of English Freedom
Author: Robin EaglesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398111716
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
2024 marks the 250th anniversary of John Wilkes becoming Lord Mayor of London. A man simultaneously full of contradiction and principles, Wilkes was a giant of eighteenth-century England and helped shape modern Britain.