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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791731903321

Autore

Mori Jennifer

Titolo

The culture of diplomacy [[electronic resource] ] : Britain in Europe, c. 1750-1830 / / Jennifer Mori

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the US exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

ISBN

1-84779-779-2

1-78170-270-5

1-84779-466-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

327.4104

Soggetti

Diplomatic and consular service, British - Europe

British - Europe

Great Britain Foreign relations Europe

Great Britain Foreign relations 1760-1789

Great Britain Foreign relations 1789-1820

Europe Foreign relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations Europe

Europe Relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The structure of a service -- pt. 2. Of cabbages and kings -- pt. 3. Beyond the call of duty.

Sommario/riassunto

This is not a traditional international relations text that deals with war, trade or power politics. Instead, this book offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It authoritatively illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, literary or cultural. Mori consults an impressively wide range of sources for this study including the private and official papers of 50 men and women in the British diplomatic service. Attention i