British diplomacy and Swedish politics, 1758-1773 [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454123803321
• Autore: Roberts Michael <1908-1996.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1980
• ISBN: 0-8166-5859-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (555 p.)
• Collana: The Nordic series ; ; v.1
• Disciplina: 327.410485
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Great Britain Foreign relations Sweden; Sweden Foreign relations Great Britain; Sweden Politics and government 1718-1772
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-512) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Tranquillity of the North; Chapter I: The Road to Stockholm, 1758-1764; Chapter II: A Diplomatic Revolution, 1762-1764; Chapter III: The Overthrow of the ''French System"", April 1764-January 1765; Chapter IV: Lord Sandwich in Search of a Policy, 1765; Chapter V: The Caps and the Court, 1765; Chapter VI: The Rockinghams and Goodricke's Treaty, 1765-1766; Chapter VII: The End of the Cap Diet, 1766; Chapter VIII: Drift, Deflation, and Defeat, 1766-68; Chapter IX: Lord Rochford and the Hat Diet, 1769-1770; Chapter X: Interlude, 1770-1771; Chapter XI: Failure of a Mission, 1771-1772Epilogue Tranquillity Preserved, 1772-1773; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book has three objectives; to shed light on the central issue in British foreign policy during a period inadequately explored by historians; to present, for the first time in English, an account of the dramatic last decade of Swedish "liberty" and it