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

by Mori, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780582238510
• ISBN10: 058223851X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Provides a thematic examination of the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath on Britain. Explores the revolutionary and democratic ideas, theories and philosphies of the period, particularly from people like, Smith, Paine, Burke, Godwin and Malthus. Also looks at the state, society and institutions of the period and reviews the attitudes of pragmatism and nationalism.

Author Biography

Dr. Jennifer Mori is Professor of History at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Parties and Politics	1	(30)
Party Politics before the French Revolution. 1785 1789	2	(5)
Party Politics during the French Revolution. 1790 1799	7	(9)
The End of an Era. 1799 1806	16	(5)
Unity and Disunity. 1807 1820	21	(10)
Ideas and Influences	31	(29)
The Rights of Man	33	(6)
Toryism Old and New	39	(7)
Discourses of Commerce and Modernity	46	(9)
Radical Toryism and Romantic Conservatism	55	(5)
Radicals and Loyalists	60	(32)
High and Low Politics. 1785 1792	62	(3)
Constitutional Radicalism and the Quest for Parliamentary Reform. 1792 1799	65	(4)
The United Societies and the French Revolution: 1795 1799	69	(5)
Quietus and Redivivus. 1800 1820	74	(4)
Loyalists and the Old Order	78	(8)
The Wages of sin	86	(6)
Individuals and Institutions	92	(31)
Sedition and Treason	93	(8)
From the Two Acts to the Six Acts	101	(1)
Pauperism and Poverty	101	(12)
Religion and Society	113	(10)
From Orders to Class?	123	(30)
The Upper Ten Thousand	124	(9)
Conflict and Cohesion in Urban Communities	133	(6)
Enclosure and the Proletarianisation of Labour	139	(6)
Industry and Popular Protest	145	(8)
Ways and Means	153	(32)
Production, Retail and Finance	151	(12)
Wartime Demands and Fiscal Expedients	163	(7)
Strategic Aims and Military Objectives	170	(4)
By Accident or Design? British Global Warfare. 1793 1801	174	(7)
Towards a Grand Strategy, 1803 1815	181	(4)
Pragmatism and Policy	185	(30)
Britain and Europe, 1785 1791	185	(6)
From Neutrality to War	191	(4)
Talking at Cross Purposes: The First and Second Coalitions	195	(6)
The British Government and the Bourbon Restoration	201	(4)
From the Peace of Amiens to the Battle of Waterloo, 1801 1815	205	(10)
Bibliography	215	(34)
Index	249