The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: Volume VI: India: The Launching of the Hastings Impeachment 1786-1788

ISBN-13: 9780198217886 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 528 str.

Edmund Burke; P. J. Marshall; Paul Langford

Opis

Volume VI contains Burke's writings and speeches during two years in the House of Commons and the first session of the trial in the House of Lords. The volume covers the beginnings of the famous impeachment of Warren Hastins, which was to be one of Burke's major preoccupations for the rest of his life. The speeches convey Burke's vision of India and of imperial justice, as well as his moral and political thought as a whole on the eve of the French Revolution.

Recenzje

The editing is full and informative, including valuable notes on the sources, transcription and currency, and a list of Burke's speeches and writings on India during 1786-8. This volume makes readily accessible Burke's moral and political thought in the years before the French Revolution.

Spis treści

List of short titles; Introduction; Sources; Note on transcription; Note on currency; The texts; Appendix A: List of Burke's speeches and writings on India 1786-1788; Index