Jennifer Mori

Britain in the Age of the French Revolution

1785 - 1820

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781138157408
• ISBN-10: 1138157406
• Artikelnr.: 69899163

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Mori

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
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vii Abbreviations
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ix 1. Parties and Politics
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1 Party Politics before the French Revolution, 1785-1789
........................................ 2 Party Politics during the French
Revolution, 1 790-1 799 ........................................ 7 The End
of an Era, 1 799-1806
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16 Unity and Disunity, 1807-1820
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21 2. Ideas and Influences
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31 The Rights of Man
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33 Toryism Old and New
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39 Discourses of Commerce and Modernity
............................................................... 46 Radical
Toryism and Romantic Conservatism
...................................................... 55 3. Radicals and
Loyalists
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60 High and Low Politics, 1785-1792
........................................................................ 62
Constitutional Radicalism and the Quest for Parliamentary Reform, 1 792-1
799
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··························· 65 The United Societies and the French
Revolution: 1795-1799 ............................. 69 Quietus and
Redivivus, 1800-1820
........................................................................ 74
Loyalists and the Old Order
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78 The Wages of Sin
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86 4. Individuals and Institutions
................................................................. 92
Sedition and Treason
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93 From the Two Acts to the Six Acts
...................................................................... 101
Pauperism and Poverty
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104 Religion and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 5. From Orders
to Class?
...................................................................... 123
The Upper Ten Thousand
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124 Conflict and Cohesion in Urban Communities
................................................... 133 Enclosure and the
Proletarianisation of Labour . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Industry and
Popular Protest . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 145 6. Ways and Means
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153 Production, Retail and Finance . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. .. . ... . . .. . . .. ..
. . . . . . . .. 154 Wartime Demands and Fiscal Expedients
............................................................ 163 Strategic
Aims and Military Objectives
................................................................ 170 By
Accident or Design? British Global Warfare, 1793-1801
.............................. 174 Towards a Grand Strategy, 1803-1815
............................................................... 181 7.
Pragmatism and Policy
..................................................................... 185
Britain and Europe, 1785-1791
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185 From Neutrality to War
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191 Talking at Cross Purposes: The First and Second Coalitions
............................. 195 The British Government and the Bourbon
Restoration ...................................... 201 From the Peace of
Amiens to the Battle of Waterloo, 1801-1815 ..................... 205
Bibliography
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215 Index ..