British politics in the age of Anne /
"British Politics in the Age of Anne "is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introd...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; Ronceverte, W.V. :
Hambledon Press,
©1987.
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Edición: | Rev. ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "British Politics in the Age of Anne "is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-eighteenth century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many leaf |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (lxxiv, 546 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826434074 082643407X |