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Autore |
Hicks Geoffrey |
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Titolo |
Peace, war and party politics [[electronic resource] ] : the conservatives and Europe 1846-59 / / Geoffrey Hicks |
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Manchester, : Manchester University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-686-9 |
1-78170-078-8 |
1-84779-147-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General |
Great Britain Foreign relations Europe |
Europe Foreign relations Great Britain |
Great Britain Foreign relations 1837-1901 |
Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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9780719075957; 9780719075957; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Conservative perspectives; 3 Prelude to power, 1850-52; 4 1852: foreign affairs, domestic problems; 5 Entente cordiale; 6 From peace to war: opposing Aberdeen,1852-55; 7 From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-58; 8 Disraelian undertones, 1858; 9 The Italian question; 10 European war, Conservative struggle; 11 The politics of Conservative foreign policy; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Peace, war and party politics examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party's significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain's relations with Europe. The book considers the Conservatives' response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification. Within a clear chronological framework, it focuses on 'high' politics, and offers a detailed account of the party's foreign policy in government under its longest-serving but forgotten leader, the fourteenth Earl of Derby. It attaches equ |
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