This sparkling account of the great age of Whiggery during the reigns of George I and II is distinguished by its attention to social history. The author deftly explains how the political transformation which brought an end to the rage of party under Queen Anne and ushered in the strife of faction under the Hanoverians was related to social and economic conditions. This major political change brought stability to England and by important, though incremental shifts in mobility, religion, agriculture, industry, and literacy ...
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This sparkling account of the great age of Whiggery during the reigns of George I and II is distinguished by its attention to social history. The author deftly explains how the political transformation which brought an end to the rage of party under Queen Anne and ushered in the strife of faction under the Hanoverians was related to social and economic conditions. This major political change brought stability to England and by important, though incremental shifts in mobility, religion, agriculture, industry, and literacy slowly transformed English society. W. A. Speck argues that in 1714 England was ruled by rival elites called Tory and Whig and that by 1760 they had fused to form a ruling class. This union became possible as divisive issues faded and economic and political interests were shared. Whiggery itself, however, split apart for lesser reasons. Country Whigs were restorationists on moral and religious grounds while Court Whigs neither Saints, nor Spartans, nor Reformers created the mechanisms to realize the promise of the Glorious Revolution of 1689: mixed monarchy, property and liberty, and Protestantism. "Stability and Strife" is the most up-to-date book in English eighteenth-century history in its methods the use of social science data and literary sources and in its sophisticated topical and narrative approaches to this fascinating era."
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0674833473. Spine corners and board corners rubbed a bit just at tips. DJ shows a bit of rubbing at tail of spine. Flap fold corners creased a bit.; whh6d849.
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Very good(-) in good jacket. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, lightly soiled, and lightly dampstained, pencil marks in some margins. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x0; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases, light soiling & small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
