LEADER 04034nam 22006731 450 001 9910781773103321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-4742-1034-1 010 $a0-8264-3493-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474210348 035 $a(CKB)2550000000044757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000643967 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12263625 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643967 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10670440 035 $a(PQKB)11220667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518719 035 $a(OCoLC)1027206809 035 $a(OCoLC)1154977360 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09259201 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4948546 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4948546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL851671 035 $a(OCoLC)1024248147 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000044757 100 $a20150625d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLord North $ethe prime minister who lost America /$fPeter Whiteley 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aRio Grande, Ohio :$cHambledon Press,$d1996. 215 $a1 online resource (304 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-85285-145-7 311 $a1-85285-519-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [263]-267) and index. 327 $aIllustrations -- 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 -- 330 $a"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. 606 $aPrime ministers$zGreat Britain$xBiography 606 $2Biography: literary 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1760-1789 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xForeign public opinion, British 615 0$aPrime ministers$xBiography. 676 $a941.07/3/092 676 $aB 700 $aWhiteley$b Peter$f1928-$01581585 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781773103321 996 $aLord North$93863172 997 $aUNINA