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Author(s): Dorothy Marshall
ISBN(s): 9780582483163, 0582483166
Edition: 1
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Year: 2014
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0582483166 
ISBN 13: 9780582483163
Author: Dorothy Marshall

A standard introduction to the period which has retained its popularity with generations of students

Eighteenth Century England 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1 The Economic and Social Background of the Age

  1. The Countryside and the Agricultural Interest

  2. The Commercial Interest

  3. England and Her Colonies

  4. The Organization of Trade

  5. Industry

  6. Transport

  7. The Aristocracy and Gentry

  8. The Middling Sort

  9. The Poor

  10. Education

Chapter 2 The Background of Political Life on the Accession of George I

  1. Measures and Men

  2. The Executive and the Armed Services

  3. Parliament

  4. The Press

  5. Local Government

Chapter 3 The Securing of the Dynasty

  1. The Reconstruction of the Administration

  2. Problems of the New Reign

  3. The Fifteen

  4. The Septennial Act

  5. Foreign Policy

  6. Ministerial Rivalry

Chapter 4 The Struggle for Power

  1. Townshend and Walpole in Opposition

  2. Anglicans and Dissenters

  3. Stanhope’s Foreign Policy

  4. Reconciliation of Townshend and Walpole

  5. The South Sea Bubble

  6. The Triumph of Walpole

Chapter 5 The Ascendancy of Walpole

  1. Ministerial Influence in the Commons

  2. Rivalry in the Closet

  3. Carteret and Ireland

  4. The Beginning of Opposition in Parliament

  5. Foreign Problems and Townshend’s Resignation

  6. The Accession of George II

Chapter 6 Walpole and the Opposition

  1. The Excise Bill

  2. The New Opposition

  3. George II and the Prince of Wales

  4. Scotland and the Porteous Riots

  5. Public Opinion and the Censorship of Plays

Chapter 7 The Fall of Walpole

  1. Walpole’s Economic and Colonial Policy

  2. The War of the Polish Succession

  3. Anglo-Spanish Trade

  4. The Opposition and Spain

  5. War with Spain

  6. The War of the Austrian Succession

  7. Walpole’s Last Fight

Chapter 8 The Rise of the Pelhams

  1. The Reconstruction of the Ministry

  2. The Conduct of the War

  3. Carteret and the Pelhams

  4. Growing Ascendancy of the Pelhams

  5. The Forty-Five

  6. The Triumph of the Pelhams

  7. Abortive Peace Negotiations

Chapter 9 Peace and Stability

  1. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle

  2. Financial Reorganization

  3. Domestic Reforms

  4. Ministerial Quarrels

  5. The End of an Era

Chapter 10 England on the Eve of the Seven Years War

  1. North America

  2. West Indies, Africa and the Slave Trade

  3. India

Chapter 11 ‘Now I shall have No More Peace’

  1. Internal Difficulties

  2. War Clouds

  3. Colonial Conflicts

  4. The Diplomatic Revolution

  5. Pitt Storms the Closet

Chapter 12 Pitt’s Pinnacle of Glory

  1. Early Difficulties

  2. Pitt Lays the Foundations for Success

  3. Anglo-French Rivalry in Africa and India

  4. Pitt and the Continental War

  5. The Year of Victories

  6. Neutral Rights at Sea

  7. Rising Demand for Peace

Chapter 13 The Accession of George III

  1. Differing Interpretations of Its Importance

  2. The Ascendancy of Bute

  3. Negotiations for Peace

  4. Pitt’s Resignation: The Ministry Reconstructed

  5. The Peace Negotiations Renewed

  6. The Peace of Paris

Chapter 14 The Search for a Stable Administration

  1. Bute’s Resignation: The Grenville Administration

  2. The Wilkes Affair

  3. The Rockingham Administration

  4. The Stamp Act

  5. The Ministry Reconstructed under Chatham

Chapter 15 The Failure of the Chatham Administration

  1. Early Problems

  2. The East India Company

  3. The American Colonies

  4. The Ministry Reconstructed

  5. John Wilkes Reappears

  6. The Resignation of Chatham

  7. America and Wilkes

  8. Opposition Tactics

Chapter 16 Domestic Success and Colonial Disaster

  1. The Failure of the Opposition

  2. East India Company Problems

  3. The Growing Crisis in America

  4. English Politicians and American Resistance

  5. The Eve of War

  6. Military Operations in America

  7. French Intervention

Chapter 17 The Influence of the American War of Independence on Domestic Politics

  1. Effect of the War on Political Groups

  2. Weakness of the Administration

  3. The Invasion Threat

  4. The Irish Problem

  5. The Petitioning Movement

  6. The Gordon Riots

Chapter 18 Social and Economic Developments

  1. Agriculture

  2. Heavy Industry

  3. The Textile Manufacturers

  4. Transport

  5. Social Development

  6. The Impact of John Wesley

Chapter 19 Peace Overseas and Conflict at Home

  1. Fall of Lord North’s Ministry

  2. The Second Rockingham Administration

  3. The Peace Negotiations

  4. Reconstruction of the Ministry under Lord Shelburne

  5. The Peace of Versailles

  6. The Coalition of Fox and North

  7. The India Bill and Its Antecedents

  8. The Triumph of Pitt

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