{"product_id":"party-ideology-and-popular-politics-at-the-accession-of-george-iii-paperback-9780521287012","title":"Party Ideology and Popular Politics at the Accession of George III (Paperback) 9780521287012","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eParty Ideology and Popular Politics at the Accession of George III\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a reappraisal of English politics in the first decade of George III's reign.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Brewer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521287012, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 December 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a reappraisal of English politics in the first decade of George III's reign. It sets out to explain how party politics changed, and what problems that created for the parliamentary elite. The issues of party, of patriotism as it manifested itself in the elder Pitt's political career, and of the relations between the notions of ministerial responsibility and the powers of the Crown are all used to illuminate the nature of political conflict. Special emphasis is placed on Burke's notions of party. The schisms created by this reconfiguration of party politics, Dr Brewer argues, had effects beyond Westminster. He discusses extra-parliamentary forms of political expression, notably the press, and goes on to show how the career of John Wilkes and the critique of British politics developed by American radicals gave focus to a variety of political discontents, and produced new arguments in favour of parliamentary reform. Throughout his study he emphasises the interplay between popular and parliamentary politics. His work is designed to show that the 'political nation' included many other than the parliamentary classes, and that the political conflicts of the period cannot be properly understood without a full examination of political ideology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction: 1. Hanoverian politics and the 1760s\u003cbr\u003e 2. Historiography and method\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Reconfiguration of Politics: 3. Whig and tort\u003cbr\u003e 4. Opposition and the proprietary parties\u003cbr\u003e 5. From Old Corps to Rockinghamite whigs: the emergence of a party\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pitt and patriotism: a case study in political argument\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ministerial responsibility and the powers of the Crown\u003cbr\u003e Part III. An Alternative Structure of Politics: 8. The press in the 1760s\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Focused Radicalism: 9. Personality, propaganda and ritual: Wilkes and the Wilkites\u003cbr\u003e 10. American ideology and British radicalism\u003cbr\u003e the case for parliamentary reform\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Two Political Nations: 11. The politicians, the press and the public\u003cbr\u003e 12. The present discontents\u003cbr\u003e party ideology and public unrest.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909234909464,"sku":"9780521287012","price":42.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521287012i_fc5bad31-8982-45ae-a040-1c3fbfa54fd9.jpg?v=1691374579","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/party-ideology-and-popular-politics-at-the-accession-of-george-iii-paperback-9780521287012","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}