An Imperial State at War: Britain from 1689 to 1815Lawrence Stone Psychology Press, 1994 - 372 страници The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire. |
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THE SINEWS OF POWER AND EUROPEAN STATE | 33 |
THE EIGHTEENTHCENTURY BRITISH STATE 322 | 52 |
SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY IN | 72 |
THE DOMESTIC FACE OF THE MILITARYFISCAL | 96 |
EMPIRE OF VIRTUE | 128 |
THE REACH OF THE STATE THE APPEAL OF | 165 |
MARITIME STRENGTH AND ATLANTIC COMMERCE | 185 |
UNION STATE AND EMPIRE | 224 |
THE PROVINCES AND THE EMPIRE | 258 |
IRISH RESISTANCE TO EMPIRE? | 288 |
THE BRITISH MILITARYFISCAL STATE | 322 |
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