| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Public opinion. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Black, Jeremy. Debating foreign policy in eighteenth-century Britain. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011 (DLC) 2010043381 |
| ISBN |
9781409426103 (electronic book) |
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1409426106 (electronic book) |
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9780754658672 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0754658678 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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