The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party 1768-1773 - Couverture rigide

Elofson, Warren M.

 
9780773513884: The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party 1768-1773
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0773513884 ISBN 13 : 9780773513884
Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Elofson reveals that the Rockinghams, far more than previously recognized, were governed by a coherent set of constitutional ideals and argues that they saw "party" not primarily as a means to office but as a vehicle for public-spirited men to "secure the predominance of right and uniform principles" in the operation of the state. He examines the ideological writings of Edmund Burke, the Party's noted and prolific publicist, placing them in their political context and providing a new analysis of Burke's renowned pamphlet Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770). Throughout, Elofson illustrates the ways in which the Rockinghams altered and redefined the Whig Party and its principles as they took the first halting steps toward a program of constitutional amendment, establishing their place not only in Whig but in British constitutional development.

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À propos de l?auteur

Warren M. Elofson is professor of history, University of Calgary. He has farmed and ranched in Alberta all his life and is the author of The Rockingham Connection and The Second Founding of the Whig Party.

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Éditeur
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0773513884
ISBN 13 
9780773513884
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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