Bombast and broadsides [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of George Johnstone / / Robin F.A. Fabel

• Autore: Fabel Robin F. A. <1934->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.07; 941.07/3/0924; 941.0730924; 941.1072092
• Soggetto topico: Legislators - Great Britain; Governors - West Florida
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History George II, 1727-1760
• Note generali: Includes index.; Spine title: Bombast & broadsides.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography: p. [221]-233 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Johnstone Family Tree; 1. Man of War; 2. ""Emporium of the New World""; 3. The Guerilla of Leadenhall Street; 4. ""Man of Business""; 5. A Philadelphia Story; 6. Gunpowder and Port; 7. The Broad Pendant Wavers; 8. Final Appointments; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: George Johnstone has never received the scholarly attention he fully merits. Historians have assessed him, usually briefly, as governor of West Florida, or as naval commander, or as a member of parliament. Nevertheless, none has considered his important role in East India Company politics, nor, until Bombast and Broadsides, has one synthesized the various roles in which Johnstone was entrusted with high responsibilities. Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources,
• Titolo autorizzato: Bombast and broadsides
• ISBN: 0-8173-8278-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778045603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II