English Radicalism (1935-1961): Volume 1

by Maccoby,S.

• ISBN13: 9780415265713
• ISBN10: 0415265711
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This is volume 1 of the set ^English Radicalism (1935-1961). Reissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(13)
``Wilkes and Liberty'', 1762--4	13	(21)
The King and Grenville, 1764--5	34	(19)
The Rockingham and Chatham Governments	53	(19)
Chatham in Eclipse	72	(20)
Wilkes and his Supporters, 1768--9	92	(18)
The Agitation Spreads	110	(21)
The Opposition shoots its Bolt	131	(17)
Falkland Islands, Press, and ``Patriot Magistrates'', 1770--1	148	(17)
``Patriot'' Dissensions, 1771--2	165	(20)
India and America, 1773--4	185	(20)
From Bad to Worse in America, 1774--5	205	(21)
American Independence declared	226	(20)
Saratoga and the War with France, 1777--8	246	(19)
Opposition refuses Coalition, 1778--9	265	(22)
The Demand for ``Public Oeconomy'', 1779--80	287	(18)
The Gordon Riots	305	(21)
The 1780 General Election and After	326	(20)
The War grows Intolerable	346	(22)
Rockingham, Shelburne and Coalition, 1782--3	368	(21)
The Fox-North Coalition and its India Bill, 1783	389	(20)
The ``virtuous young Minister'', 1784	409	(20)
Pitt's first two Sessions as Majority Premier	429	(19)
SPECIAL CHAPTERS
Workmen and their Employers	448	(18)
The Challenge to the Church	466	(18)
Opinion on Rent and Landlords	484	(17)
Philanthropy in regard to the ``Oppressed''	501	(26)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Manuscript Sources	518	(1)
Periodicals and Newspapers	518	(1)
Some Representative Ministerial and Opposition Correspondence and Memoirs	519	(1)
Some Works especially illustrative of Oppositionist or extreme Oppositionist Thought	520	(2)
Radical Biography (by Contemporaries)	522	(1)
Other Significant Works by Contemporaries	522	(1)
Observes of the Contemporary Scene	523	(1)
The Age's works of Reference	524	(1)
The Period as treated by Historians	525	(2)
Index	527