LEADER 03713nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910782732603321 005 20230912172221.0 010 $a1-282-85380-5 010 $a9786612853807 010 $a0-7735-6587-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773565876 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713397 035 $a(OCoLC)614479991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135190 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250100 035 $a(PQKB)10974310 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285380 035 $a(OCoLC)929121562 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/fc42sv 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331195 035 $a(DE-B1597)657491 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773565876 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245459 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713397 100 $a19960424d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Rockingham connection and the second founding of the Whig party, 1768-1773$b[electronic resource] /$fW.M. Elofson 210 $aMontreal ;$aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-1388-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-260) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tThe Rockingham Whigs in Opposition, 1766-1768 -- $tThe Movement for a United Administration, 1768-1769 -- $tThe Petitioning and Union Movements during the Parliamentary Recess of 1769 -- $tThe Union Movement in the Parliamentary Session of 1770 -- $tThe Growth of Disunity in Opposition, May 1770 to February 1771 -- $tThe Elimination of the Union Movement in the Spring and Summer of 1771 -- $tThe Influence of the Crown and Religion, 1771-1772 -- $tThe Rockinghams and the Influence of the Crown, 1772-1773 -- $tThe Rockingham Whigs in 1773 -- $tThe Rockinghams in Both Houses of Parliament, 1768-1773 -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aElofson reveals that the Rockinghams, far more than previously recognized, were governed by a coherent set of constitutional ideals and argues that they saw "party" not primarily as a means to office but as a vehicle for public-spirited men to "secure the predominance of right and uniform principles" in the operation of the state. He examines the ideological writings of Edmund Burke, the Party's noted and prolific publicist, placing them in their political context and providing a new analysis of Burke's renowned pamphlet Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770). Throughout, Elofson illustrates the ways in which the Rockinghams altered and redefined the Whig Party and its principles as they took the first halting steps toward a program of constitutional amendment, establishing their place not only in Whig but in British constitutional development. 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y1760-1789 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1760-1789 607 $aRockingham (England)$xPolitics and government 615 7$aHISTORY / General. 676 $a941.07/3 700 $aElofson$b W. M$01468923 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782732603321 996 $aThe Rockingham connection and the second founding of the Whig party, 1768-1773$93680294 997 $aUNINA