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Author Black, Jeremy, 1955-

Title Debating foreign policy in eighteenth-century Britain / Jeremy Black
Published Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Note on Dates, Spelling and Titles; Preface; Prologue: Documentary Culture and the Historian; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Debating Policy; 2 The Mechanisms of Debate; 3 The Extent of Debate; 4 The Quality of Debate; 5 The New Age of War, 1689-1714; 6 A Continental Dynasty: Britain and Hanover, 1714-60; 7 Rethinking Interventionism, 1740-55; 8 Strategic Culture and Imperial Warfare, 1754-63; 9 An Empire Under Challenge, 1763-83; 10 New Definitions and Problems, 1783-1815; 11 Conclusions: Debating Britain and Europe; Selected Further Reading; Index
Summary During the course of the eighteenth century Britain's status as a major maritime and commercial power steadily grew, and helped shape the global political, economic and military situation. Rather than offering a familiar narrative of Britain's eighteenth-century foreign policy, this book instead focuses upon how this policy was debated and viewed by British society. By probing the problems and issues surrounding the need to define and discuss Britain's foreign policy in public contexts, this book offers a fascinating insight into questions of perceived national interest, and how this developed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Public opinion
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056700
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010043381
ISBN 9781409426103
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