04034nam 22006731 450 991078177310332120200514202323.01-4742-1034-10-8264-3493-210.5040/9781474210348(CKB)2550000000044757(SSID)ssj0000643967(PQKBManifestationID)12263625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643967(PQKBWorkID)10670440(PQKB)11220667(MiAaPQ)EBC5309753(Au-PeEL)EBL5309753(CaPaEBR)ebr11518719(OCoLC)1027206809(OCoLC)1154977360(UtOrBLW)bpp09259201(MiAaPQ)EBC4948546(Au-PeEL)EBL4948546(CaONFJC)MIL851671(OCoLC)1024248147(EXLCZ)99255000000004475720150625d1996 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrLord North the prime minister who lost America /Peter Whiteley1st ed.London ;Rio Grande, Ohio :Hambledon Press,1996.1 online resource (304 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-85285-145-7 1-85285-519-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-267) and index.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 -- "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 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.Prime ministersGreat BritainBiographyBiography: literaryGreat BritainColoniesAmericaHistory18th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1760-1789United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Foreign public opinion, BritishPrime ministersBiography.941.07/3/092BWhiteley Peter1928-1581585UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910781773103321Lord North3863172UNINA