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Author:   Philip Lawson ,  David Cannadine ,  Ken Munro ,  Mr David Cannadine
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Variorum
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   CS 563
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780860786368

ISBN 10:   0860786366
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   20 March 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Philip Lawson's major publications, 1980-1995; The missing link: the imperial dimension in understanding Hanoverian Britain; Hanoverian studies: the impact of recent trends on parliamentary history; 'Arts and empire equally extend': tradition, prejudice and assumption in the 18th-century press coverage of empire; 'The Irishman's prize': views of Canada from the British press, 1760-1774; A perspective on British history and the treatment of Quebec; 'Sapped by corruption': British governance of Quebec and the breakdown of Anglo-American relations on the eve of revolution; George Grenville and America: the years of opposition 1765-1770; British traditions and revolutionary America; Anatomy of a civil war: new perspectives on England in the age of the American Revolution, 1767-82; Parliament and the first East India Inquiry, 1767; Robert Clive, the 'black jagir', and British politics; 'Our Execrable Banditti': perceptions of Nabobs in mid 18th-century Britain; Sources, schools and separation: the many faces of parliament's role in Anglo-American history to 1783; Tea, vice and the English state, 1660-1784; Women and the empire of tea: image and counter-image in Hanoverian England; Index.

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'Historians of Hanoverian Britain and its empire will welcome this volume...' International History Review, Vol. XXI, No. 4 'By bringing together many of Lawson's articles and essays, this volume serves a very useful purpose. It is an important book and deserves a broad readership.' Reviews in History

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