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Autore |
Whiteley Peter <1928-> |
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Lord North : the prime minister who lost America / / Peter Whiteley |
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London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-4742-1034-1 |
0-8264-3493-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain - Biography |
Great Britain Colonies America History 18th century |
Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1789 |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Foreign public opinion, British |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-267) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Background and Upbringing -- 2. Coming of Age -- 3. Political Apprenticeship -- 4. A Man with a Future -- 5. Arrival -- 6. The King's Firsy Minister -- 7. A Confident Start -- 8. The East India Company -- 9. The Good Years -- 10. The Thirteen Colonies -- 11. The Gathering Storm -- 12. Wartime Prime Minister -- 13. After Saratoga -- 14. The Road to Yorktown -- 15. The End of an Era -- 16. The Coalition and the Last Decade -- 17. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- |
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"Lord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken twelve years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomised the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the eighteenth century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her American colonies. Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America is a scholarly but highly readable |
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account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. High-mindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant overconfidence. Military defeat, to a country that had become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
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