The Townshend moment : the making of empire and revolution in the eighteenth century
2017
923.242 T753gr 2017
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Title
The Townshend moment : the making of empire and revolution in the eighteenth century
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Description
xiv, 355 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
923.242 T753gr 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)982652236
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-345) and index.
Contents: Prologue: Raynham revisited -- Act 1. Making empire -- Act 2. Britain's imperial reckonings -- Act 3. Charles Townshend's America -- Act 4. George Townshend's Ireland -- Act 5. Making revolution.
L2018M121
Chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain's mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and unintended consequences of their efforts. As British chancellor of the exchequer in 1767, Charles Townshend instituted fiscal policy that served as a catalyst for American rebellion against the Crown, while his brother George's actions at the same moment as lord lieutenant of Ireland politicized the kingdom, leading to Irish legislative independence--Book jacket.
Contents: Prologue: Raynham revisited -- Act 1. Making empire -- Act 2. Britain's imperial reckonings -- Act 3. Charles Townshend's America -- Act 4. George Townshend's Ireland -- Act 5. Making revolution.
L2018M121
Chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain's mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the historic and unintended consequences of their efforts. As British chancellor of the exchequer in 1767, Charles Townshend instituted fiscal policy that served as a catalyst for American rebellion against the Crown, while his brother George's actions at the same moment as lord lieutenant of Ireland politicized the kingdom, leading to Irish legislative independence--Book jacket.
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