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

• Autore: Holmes Geoffrey
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1987
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (623 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.06/9; 941.069
• Soggetto topico: Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714; Regions & Countries - Europe; History & Archaeology; Great Britain
• 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; PART TWO: The Working of Politics; APPENDICES; LIST OF MANUSCRIPT SOURCES; A GUIDE TO POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1702-14; NOTES; INDEX
• 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-eighteenth century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many levels wa
• Titolo autorizzato: British Politics in the Age of Anne
• ISBN: 1-282-02438-8; 9786612024382; 0-8264-3407-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782991903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II