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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779000403321

Autore

Reich Jerome R.

Titolo

British friends of the American Revolution / / Jerome R. Reich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-47569-0

0-7656-0074-9

1-315-70605-9

0-585-19024-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

973.321

Soggetti

Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 18th century

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Foreign public opinion, British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1998 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""1. The Stage and the Players""; ""2. Governor Pownall, Dean Tucker, and Major John Cartwright: Practical Idealists or Wishful Thinkers?""; ""3. Pitt, Burke, and American Policy, 1763-1770""; ""4. ""Birds of a Feather"": John Wilkes and John Home Tooke""; ""5. The ""Honest Whigs""""; ""6. The Coercive Acts and Their Opponents: A Study in Futility""; ""7. A Dire Prediction""; ""8. The House of Lords""; ""9. Richard Price: Apostle of Liberty""

""10. The Single Legal Victim of the American Revolution""""11. Dean Tucker: He Told Them So!""; ""12. Governor Pownall Fights to the Finish""; ""13. David Hartley: Amateur Diplomat""; ""14. Charles James Fox: The Life of the Party""; ""15. ""Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace""""; ""16. Summary and Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This volume profiles a dozen British men and women, who, for varying reasons, opposed the policy of the British government towards its 13 colonies before and during the American Revolution. Their actions helped prepare the way for the recognition of the United States as an independent nation.