British Politics in the Age of Anne [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Holmes Geoffrey
• Pubblicazione: London, : Bloomsbury Publishing, 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (623 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.069
• Soggetto topico: Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714; Great Britain -- Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; A NOTE ON DATES AND QUOTATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: The Character of Politics; 1 Tory and Whig; 2 The Substance of Conflict: Old Issues and New; 3 The Substance of Conflict: Principles and Power; 4 The ""Country"" Tradition; 5 The Clash of Interests; PART TWO: The Working of Politics; 6 The Managers, the Queen, and the Royal Closet; 7 Parliament and the Parties: The Structure of the Whig Party; 8 The Structure of the Tory Party; 9 The Parties in Action: Direction and Organisation ; 10 The Parties in Action: Power-Groups and Pressure-Groups11 The Court and the Parties in the House of Commons; 12 The Court and the Parties in the House of Lords; Conclusion; APPENDICES; A. Party Allegiance in the House of Lords, 1701-14; B. The Queen''s Servants in the House of Lords, February 1714; C. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, as ""Prime Minister""; LIST OF MANUSCRIPT SOURCES; A GUIDE TO POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1702-14; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: British Politics in the Age of Anne is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-18th century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many levels was
• Titolo autorizzato: British Politics in the Age of Anne
• ISBN: 0-8264-4619-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464622303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II