The British Isles and the War of American Independence
The British Isles and the War of American Independence

Author: Stephen Conway

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2000-03-02

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0191542571

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This book examines a hitherto neglected aspect of the War of American Independence, providing the first wide-ranging account of the impact of this eighteenth-century conflict upon the politics, economy, society and culture of the British Isles. The author examines the level of military participation - which was much greater than is usually appreciated - and explores the war's effects on subjects as varied as parliamentary reform, religious toleration and attitudes to empire. The books casts new light upon recent debate about the war-waging efficiency of the British state, and on the role of war in the creation of a sense of 'Britishness'. The thematic chapters are supplemented by local case studies of six very different communities the length and breadth of the British Isles.

Public Life and the Propertied Englishman, 1689-1798
Public Life and the Propertied Englishman, 1689-1798

Author: Paul Langford

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9780198201496

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This book offers a major reassessment of the place of the propertied class in eighteenth-century England. The common view of politics in this period is one of aristocratic dominance coexisting with plebeian vitality. Langford explores the terrain which lay between the high ground of elite rule and the low ground of popular politics, and shows that the Georgians were more active in this arena than is generally appreciated.