Heather Welland

Political Economy and Imperial Governance in Eighteenth-Century Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relationship between imperial governance and political economy in eighteenth-century Britain, particularly in Canada and Ireland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781032012032
• ISBN-10: 103201203X
• Artikelnr.: 69897190

Autorenporträt

Heather Welland is an assistant professor in the History Department at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Commercial Credibility and Imperial Expansion: Establishing
the Whig Establishment 2. "Imaginary Wants" and the Limits of Empire 3.
Public Safety, Public Interest: The Militia and the Seven Years "War for
Commerce" 4. Economies of Allegiance: The Quebec Act 5. Imperial Wealth and
Disreputable Interests: Ireland and the Stamp Act 6. Interest Politics and
Empire in the Age of Revolution. Coda