Author: Jeremy Black Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521450010 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 573
Book Description
In 1783 Britain had lost America and was unstable domestically. By 1793 she had regained her position as the leading global power. During the intervening years Britain went several times to the brink of war, and in 1793 Britain and France went beyond the brink. These successive crises are examined in an effort to throw light on the British state in an "Age of Revolutions." This is a study of British foreign policy in a crucial period of international political development. It provides a comprehensive account of the subject, and acts as a guide to the nature of the British state in the period and to international relations.
Author: Jeremy Black Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521466844 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 578
Book Description
In 1783 Britain had lost America and was unstable domestically. By 1793 it had regained its position as the leading global power. Three successive crises are examined during the intervening years in an effort to throw light on the British state in an "Age of Revolutions" and a crucial period of international development.
Author: Hamish M. Scott Publisher: ISBN: 9780191675096 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 377
Book Description
Examines the nature and role of British diplomacy in the age of the American Revolution, and the reasons why, unlike her other 18th-century conflicts, Britain fought that war without a major European ally.
Author: Hamish M. Scott Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
This is the first detailed and comprehensive study of British foreign policy before and during the war which led to the loss of the American colonies, a period from 1756 to 1783 in which Britain's position in Europe was transformed. H. M. Scott examines the nature and the role of British diplomacy in the age of the American Revolution in the context of Britain's other eighteenth-century conflicts. Two themes receive particular attention: Britain's continuing rivalry with the Bourbons, exemplified by the great crisis over the Falkland Islands in 1770-1, and the unsuccessful efforts to strengthen Britain diplomatically by concluding alliances with major Continental powers. Dr Scott has provided a major scholarly reassessment of British diplomacy in this period, analysing both the impact of the personalities involved, and the successes and failures of their policies.
Author: Patricia Chastain Howe Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
This study of the French Revolution reveals that from March 1792 to April 1793, French foreign policy was dominated not by the leaders of the French revolutionary government, but by two successive French foreign ministers, Charles-Francois Dumouriez and Pierre LeBrun.
Author: Charles Soutter Campbell Publisher: New York : Wiley ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
Most history texts analyze the causes of wars and international conflicts. This one explains the rise of peace and friendship. Professor Campbell discusses the climate of relations between the U.S. and Great Britain following the Treat of Paris in 1783 up to the eve of the twentieth century. (from book cover).
Author: Charles R. Ritcheson Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated ISBN: 9780393005530 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 505
Book Description
In this important new work on Britain's policy toward the United States in the critical early years of independence, Charles R. Ritcheson re-examines the Adams thesis that 'the character of all our negotiations wit Great Britain has borne the stamp of liberal concession on our part, and of reluctant, niggardly boon-peddling on hers.' The book includes the text of the Treaty and ten other documents on trade and other subjects from British and American sources.
Author: Jennifer Mori Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317891899 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
This new survey looks at the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath, across all levels of British society. Jennifer Mori provides a clear and accessible guide to the ideas and intellectual debates the revolution stimulated, as well as popular political movements including radicalism.
Author: Eric J. Evans Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351018205 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 596
Book Description
In what has established itself as a classic study of Britain from the late eighteenth century to the mid-Victorian period, Eric J. Evans explains how the country became the world’s first industrial nation. His book also explains how, and why, Britain was able to lay the foundations for what became the world’s largest empire. Over the period covered by this book, Britain became the world’s most powerful nation and arguably its first super-power. Economic opportunity and imperial expansion were accompanied by numerous domestic political crises which stopped short of revolution. The book ranges widely: across key political, diplomatic, social, cultural, economic and religious themes in order to convey the drama involved in a century of hectic, but generally constructive, change. Britain was still ruled by wealthy landowners in 1870 as it had been in 1783, yet the society over which they presided was unrecognisable. Victorian Britain had become an urban, industrial and commercial powerhouse. This fourth edition, coming more than fifteen years after its predecessor, has been completely revised and updated in the light of recent research. It engages more extensively with key themes, including gender, national identities and Britain’s relationship with its burgeoning empire. Containing illustrations, maps, an expanded ‘Framework of Events’ and an extensive ‘Compendium of Information’ on topics such as population change, cabinet membership and significant legislation, the book is essential reading for all students of this crucial period in British history.
Author: Jeremy Black
Author: Jeremy Black
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
Author: Hamish M. Scott
Author: Hamish M. Scott
Author: Patricia Chastain Howe
Author: Charles Soutter Campbell
Author: Charles R. Ritcheson
Author: Jennifer Mori
Author: Eric J. Evans