Record Nr.

UNINA9910146879503321

Autore

Thomas P. D. G (Peter David Garner), <1930->

Titolo

George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 / / Peter D.G. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press
New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002
Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2018]
©2002

ISBN


9786610719570
9781847795656
184779565X
9781526137395
1526137399
9781781700310
1781700311
9781280719578
1280719575
9781847790569
1847790569
9781417590575
1417590572

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

941.07/3/092

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General

Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Great Britain Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.