British Politics in the Age of Anne
British Politics in the Age of Anne is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-eighteenth century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many leve
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INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
A NOTE ON DATES AND QUOTATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: The Character of Politics
1 Tory and Whig
2 The Substance of Conflict: Old Issues and New
3 The Substance of Conflict: Principles and Power
4 The ""Country"" Tradition
5 The Clash of Interests
PART TWO: The Working of Politics
6 The Managers, the Queen, and the Royal Closet
7 Parliament and the Parties: The Structure of the Whig Party
8 The Structure of the Tory Party. 9 The Parties in Action: Direction and Organisation
10 The Parties in Action: Power-Groups and Pressure-Groups
11 The Court and the Parties m the House of Commons
12 The Court and the Parties in the House of Lords
Conclusion
APPENDICES
A. Party Allegiance in the House of Lords, 1701-14
B. The Queen's Servants in the House of Lords, February 1714
C. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, as ""Prime Minister""
LIST OF MANUSCRIPT SOURCES
A GUIDE TO POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1702-14
NOTES
INDEX
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