An Imperial State at War : Britain From 1689-1815

ISBN-13: 9780415061421 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 372 str.

Lawrence Stone

Opis

The study of 18th century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, which challenged the central concepts of British history. Forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire, the power of the British state increased dramatically. Laissez faire melts away, and a stronger, more centralized and powerful state emerges centre stage. In An Imperial State at War, the leading historians of the 18th century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight.

Recenzje

`... marvellous volume. ... This volume, however, is far more than a set of papers on the `fiscal-military state'. It is a guide to the recent thought about the pattern and structure of the British state and the British empire in jthe eighteenth century. Its importance can scarcely be exaggerated.' - History Today

Spis treści

C.A. Bayly, Cambridge University; Thomas Ertman, Harvard University; John Brewer, UCLA; John Robertson, Oxford University; Daniel Baugh, Cornell University; E.A. Wrigley, Cambridge University; Joanna Innes, Oxford University; Kathleen Wilson, SUNY, New York; Linda Colley, Yale University; Ned C. Landsman, SUNY, New York; Nicholas Canny, University College, Galway

O autorze

Lawrence Stone