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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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9780719075957; 9780719075957; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Conservative perspectives; 3 Prelude to power, 1850-52; 4 1852: foreign affairs, domestic problems; 5 Entente cordiale; 6 From peace to war: opposing Aberdeen,1852-55; 7 From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-58; 8 Disraelian undertones, 1858; 9 The Italian question; 10 European war, Conservative struggle; 11 The politics of Conservative foreign policy; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Peace, war and party politics examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party?s significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain?s relations with Europe. The book considers the Conservatives? response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification. Within a clear chronological framework, it focuses on?high? politics, and offers a detailed account of the party?s foreign policy in government under its longest-serving but forgotten leader, the fourteenth Earl of Derby. It attaches equ. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Conservative Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 19th century.
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Conservative Party (Great Britain) |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Europe.
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Great Britain. |
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International relations. |
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Europe. |
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1837-1901.
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1837-1901 |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
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Politics and government. |
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1800-1901 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hicks, Geoffrey. Peace, war and party politics : The Conservatives and Europe, 1846-59. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2007 9780719075957 |
| ISBN |
9781847791474 electronic book |
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1847791476 electronic book |
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9781781700785 electronic book |
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1781700788 electronic book |
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9780719075957 (hardback) |
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0719075955 (hardback) |
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