The Age of Oligarchy

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ISBN: 9780582209565 | 0582209560
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Copyright: 7/16/2014

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List of maps
Editor's foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on dating and quotations
List of abbreviations
The hegemony of Sir Robert Walpole	p. 12
The politics of oligarchy: I - Monarchy and aristocracy	p. 27
The politics of oligarchy: II - Commons, parties and people	p. 39
Foreign policy in the age of Walpole: trade, the succession and the balance of power, 1714-1748	p. 55
The Walpole regime and Britain	p. 73
Catholicism and Jacobitism, 1689-1746	p. 89
Erastianism and reason: the Church in the England of Walpole and the Pelhams	p. 101
Methodism and evangelicalism: the first phase	p. 117
Society and the economy in the eighteenth century: I - Population and the land, c. 1720-c. 1780	p. 133
Society and the economy in the eighteenth century: II - Commerce and the professions, c. 1720-c. 1780	p. 147
Society and the economy in the eighteenth century: III - Industry and labour, c. 1720-c. 1780	p. 159
Popular protest and public authority	p. 171
Literacy, education and the power of the pen	p. 188
Prosperity, culture and the pursuit of leisure	p. 201
The Scottish revival	p. 215
Ireland: from the Williamite settlement to 'Grattan's Parliament'	p. 226
The contest for trade and empire, 1746-1763	p. 252
The Pelhams, public opinion and the last rites of 'party', 1746-1760	p. 267
The political system under stress: George III and the politicians, 1760-1774	p. 277
Lord North, the influence of the crown and the re-birth of 'party', 1770-1783	p. 290
The isolation of a great power and the loss of America, 1763-1783	p. 301
Wilkes, 'Liberty' and the stirrings of reform, 1762-1785	p. 315
Conclusion	p. 325
A Glossary	p. 343
B Population and social structure	p. 345
C Monarchs and Pretenders	p. 355
D Leading government office-holders, 1722-83	p. 357
E Parliament	p. 362
F The constitution: statutes, bills and proposals	p. 362
G Public finance	p. 368
H Foreign policy: treaties of alliance and peace, 1713-83	p. 370
I Britain's major wars, 1722-83	p. 374
J Overseas trade and the colonies	p. 375
K Agriculture	p. 384
L Industry	p. 388
M Living standards	p. 393
N Religion	p. 395
O Maps	p. 399
Bibliography	p. 409
Index	p. 424
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