Edmund Burke : his life and legacy / Ian Crowe, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crowe, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Burke, Edmund.

Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.

Statesmen.

Great Britain.

Political scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Political scientists.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1820.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

221 pages : portrait ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [1997]

Contents:

Introduction : principles and circumstances / Ian Crowe

History. Edmund Burke and British views of the American Revolution : a conflict over rights of sovereignty / Peter J. Stanlis ; Burke and India / P.J. Marshall ; Rereading the French Revolution : Burke and the paradoxes of history / Steven Blakemore ; Burke's Irish views and writings / L.M. Cullen

Reputation. Edmund Burke and the Conservative Party in the Nineteenth Century / James Sack ; The influence of Burke's writings in Post-Revolutionary France / Yves Chiron ; 'Setting people on thinking' : Burke's legacy in the debate on Irish affairs / Conor Cruise O'Brien

Principles. The political economy of Edmund Burke / Norman Barry ; Edmund Burke's philosophy of rights / Joseph Pappin III ; An empire of peoples : Burke, government and national character / Bruce Frohnen

Applications. The relevance of Edmund Burke / Robert Rhodes James ; Edmund Burke and the politicians / Michael Gove ; Burke after the Cold War : bourgeois triumphalist or Cassandra? / Mark Almond ; Edmund Burke and the British Constitution / Jim McCue ; Edmund Burke and New Labour / Raymond Plant ; Edmund Burke and modern conservatism / John Redwood ; Edmund Burke and contemporary American conservatism / Mark C. Henrie.

Notes:

Published in the U.S. under: Enduring Edmund Burke : bicentennial essays.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851823069

OCLC:

37548291