His Majesty's Opposition, 1714-1830 / by Archibald S. Foord
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1964. 1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #423678
Physical description; 494 p. ; 23 cm. Contents; The opposition at the hanoverian succession, 1 august 1714 to 15 january 1715 -- the crown and its ministers -- political parties -- types of opposition -- political theory -- the tories' decent into opposition -- tories grumbletonians and malcontents, 1715-1725 -- the stormy decade -- significant developments -- political shifts -- government and opposition -- the conduct of opposition -- the jacobite policy -- the country party program -- the jacobite party -- the leicester house opposition -- country party tactics -- constitutional theory -- the formation of the patriot coalition: Bolingboke and the political ecology of 1725-6 -- elements in opposition -- the original camarilla of 1726 -- the position and policy of the chief minister -- actions of the royal family -- the decay of warpole's strength -- nature of expansion -- the principles of the opposition blocs -- the tories -- the pulteney-carteret bloc -- the new doctrine of 'broad bottom' -- the progress of opposition theory -- the institutional legacy of the patriots -- the operation of the patriot coalition- 1725-1742 -- party organization -- parliamentary tactics -- the defeat of walpole -- broad bottom 1742 to 1760 -- the reconstruction of 1742 -- achievement of the 'broad bottom' -- the opposition controversy -- the conduct of the broad-bottom opposition -- the fall of cartet -- the 'forty-eight-hour ministry' -- price fredrick's opposition -- the constitution of the new party -- the struggle over policy -- the 'glorious plan' -- the triumph of the great commoner -- the tranquil triennium -- pitt's campaign for power -- opposition at mid-century -- the rockinghamite era 1760 to 1830 -- the king and the parties -- party doctrines -- the chathamites -- the rockinghamites -- the constitutional issues -- whings and torries -- the conduct of the opposition -- party organization -- political issues -- the opposition campaign -- the fall of north -- the age of fox and grey 1782 to 1830 -- the constitutional crisis 1782 to 4 -- the rise and fall of the rockinghamites -- the fox-north coalition -- the royal riposte -- coroner's inquest -- the ames damnees of mr. fox, 1784-1830 -- oppositions old, new, and pittite, 1801-7 -- parties and creeds, 1783-1830 -- the whig opposition, 1807-30. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament.,1714-1837. Political parties Great Britain. Constitutional history Great Britain. Opposition (Political science) Great Britain. Opposition (Political science). Politics, Practical. Constitutional law Great Britain. Constitutional law. Constitutional history. Political parties. Political parties Great Britain History 19th century. Constitutional history Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government 1714-1837.
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