England in the Age of the American Revolution - Namier, Sir Lewis
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England in the Age of the American Revolution and its companion volume, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III, are Sir Lewis Namier's classic contributions to the study of eighteenth-century politics. First published in 1930, England in the Age of the American Revolution went out of print, and then appeared in a second edition. Sir Lewis Namier died shortly after beginning the task of revising the book and the work of revision was completed by Lady Namier and Mr John Brooke. This second edition completely supersedes the first, and will be indispensable to all students of…mehr

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England in the Age of the American Revolution and its companion volume, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III, are Sir Lewis Namier's classic contributions to the study of eighteenth-century politics. First published in 1930, England in the Age of the American Revolution went out of print, and then appeared in a second edition. Sir Lewis Namier died shortly after beginning the task of revising the book and the work of revision was completed by Lady Namier and Mr John Brooke. This second edition completely supersedes the first, and will be indispensable to all students of English history.

Preface to Second edition
Note to First edition
THE SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS
The Unreformed House of Commons
The Social Structure
The Upper Classes
The Land as Basis of Citizenship
The State
Government and Trade
The Imperial Problem
GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT UNDER THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE
PART I: PROLEGOMENA TO 1760
The Constitutional Position under George II
The Duke of Newcastle as First Lord of the Treasury
The King to come
1. The Education and Character of the Prince
2. Newcastle, Pitt, and Leicester House
3. The Future Government
George II and Parliamentary Elections
PART II: OLD BOTTLES, NEW WINE, AND THE GENERAL ELECTION
Newcastle continued at the Treasury
'The Minister' of the New Reign
Preparations for the General Election
Bute assumes Office
PART III: THE PARLIAMENT OF 1761
I. Its Politics
Forecasts
Whigs and Tories
Groups and Factions
II. The Personnel
Age, and Tenue of Seats
Social and Professional Standing
'Placemen'
PART IV: THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND AMERICA
The West Indians
The Merchants
The Army Officers
The Naval Officers
Land Speculators
Canada versus Guadaloupe
PART V: BUTE AND NEWCASTLE
New Systems
The German War and Newcastle's Resignation
Newcastle at Claremont
Fox takes Charge of the House of Commons
Newcastle defeated
The Massacre of the Pelhamite Innocents
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
Autorenporträt
LEWIS NAMIER was born on 27th June, 1888, and died on 19th August, 1960. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with First Class Honours in History. He served as a Private during the first year of the Great War and worked in departments under the Foreign Office from 1915 to 1918 and in the Foreign Office from 1918 to 1920.

His career since that time was as follows: Lecturer in Modern History at Balliol College, 1920-21; Political Secretary of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1929-31 and 1939-45; Professor of Modern History at Manchester University, 1931-53; Ford's Lecturer at Oxford, 1933-34; Raleigh Lecturer at the British Academy, 1944; Waynflete Lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1946-47; Romanes Lecturer, Oxford, 1952; Creighton Lecturer, London, 1952; Enid Muir Lecturer, Durham, 1954 and Leslie Stephen Lecturer, Cambridge, 1958-59.

Sir Lewis, who was knighted in 1952, was a Fellow of the British Academy, Hon. Fellow of Balliol College, Hon. D. Litt. (Durham, Oxford and Rome), Hon.Litt.D. (Cambridge) and Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford). He was also a member of the editorial board of the History of Parliament.