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Politics, Finance, and the People
Earl Reitan
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Description for Politics, Finance, and the People
Paperback. This book examines financial and administrative reform in Britain, 1779-88, growing out of failure in the War of American Independence. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book traces the changes in the organization of the British economy following the War of American Independence, which unleashed a political crisis and popular movement in Britain based on demands for 'economical reform'.
This book traces the changes in the organization of the British economy following the War of American Independence, which unleashed a political crisis and popular movement in Britain based on demands for 'economical reform'.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349357963
SKU
V9781349357963
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99-15
About Earl Reitan
EARL REITAN is Professor of History Emeritus at Ilinois State University, USA. He is co-author of English Heritage (1988) and author of Politics, War and Empire: the Rise of Britain to a World Power, 1688-1792 (1994), The Thatcher Revolution: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair and the Transformation of Modern Britain, 1979-2001 (2003), and a series of articles on the ... Read more
Reviews for Politics, Finance, and the People
'Reitan writes with great clarity and makes accessible to students as well as teachers a potentially obscure and dry subject. He rightly identifies it as central to the political debates of the time, which involved not just the high political elite, but also parts of the wider public. As a sharply focused, well-researched, and thoughtful account of a key period ... Read more