Britain in the Age of the French Revolution: 1785 - 1820

ISBN-13: 9781138157408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 270 str.

Jennifer Mori

Opis

This new survey looks at the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath, across all levels of British society. Jennifer Mori provides a clear and accessible guide to the ideas and intellectual debates the revolution stimulated, as well as popular political movements including radicalism.

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Preface ................................................................................................. vii Abbreviations ........................................................................................ ix 1. Parties and Politics ................................................................................ 1 Party Politics before the French Revolution, 1785-1789 ........................................ 2 Party Politics during the French Revolution, 1 790-1 799 ........................................ 7 The End of an Era, 1 799-1806 .............................................................................. 16 Unity and Disunity, 1807-1820 .............................................................................. 21 2. Ideas and Influences ............................................................................ 31 The Rights of Man .................................................................................................. 33 Toryism Old and New ............................................................................................ 39 Discourses of Commerce and Modernity ............................................................... 46 Radical Toryism and Romantic Conservatism ...................................................... 55 3. Radicals and Loyalists ......................................................................... 60 High and Low Politics, 1785-1792 ........................................................................ 62 Constitutional Radicalism and the Quest for Parliamentary Reform, 1 792-1 799 ................................................................................ ··························· 65 The United Societies and the French Revolution: 1795-1799 ............................. 69 Quietus and Redivivus, 1800-1820 ........................................................................ 74 Loyalists and the Old Order ................................................................................... 78 The Wages of Sin .................................................................................................... 86 4. Individuals and Institutions ................................................................. 92 Sedition and Treason .............................................................................................. 93 From the Two Acts to the Six Acts ...................................................................... 101 Pauperism and Poverty ......................................................................................... 104 Religion and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 5. From Orders to Class? ...................................................................... 123 The Upper Ten Thousand ................................................................................... 124 Conflict and Cohesion in Urban Communities ................................................... 133 Enclosure and the Proletarianisation of Labour . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Industry and Popular Protest . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 6. Ways and Means ............................................................................... 153 Production, Retail and Finance . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. .. . ... . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. 154 Wartime Demands and Fiscal Expedients ............................................................ 163 Strategic Aims and Military Objectives ................................................................ 170 By Accident or Design? British Global Warfare, 1793-1801 .............................. 174 Towards a Grand Strategy, 1803-1815 ............................................................... 181 7. Pragmatism and Policy ..................................................................... 185 Britain and Europe, 1785-1791 ........................................................................... 185 From Neutrality to War ........................................................................................ 191 Talking at Cross Purposes: The First and Second Coalitions ............................. 195 The British Government and the Bourbon Restoration ...................................... 201 From the Peace of Amiens to the Battle of Waterloo, 1801-1815 ..................... 205 Bibliography ...................................................................................... 215 Index ..

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Jennifer Mori